KB Burnfield June 13, 2020 Share June 13, 2020 I thought I'd bring this up since I'm about to invest in a X-Rite i1Display Pro to calibrate my monitors but also my MacBook Pro screen. One review I read said that it doesn't do well with even high end laptop screens. Has anyone had that experience? Any feedback on the X-Rite i1Display Pro versus another calibration device? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites
Nick Kachibaia June 14, 2020 Share June 14, 2020 Personally not a fan of X - Rite - they lock their products so you can't use it with other calibration software. If you are going to purchase one, get it from Light Illusion or whatever software you will use to calibrate you monitors. X Rite software itself to be next to useless. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites
Keidrych wasley June 15, 2020 Share June 15, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 5:12 PM, KB Burnfield said: I thought I'd bring this up since I'm about to invest in a X-Rite i1Display Pro to calibrate my monitors but also my MacBook Pro screen. One review I read said that it doesn't do well with even high end laptop screens. Has anyone had that experience? Any feedback on the X-Rite i1Display Pro versus another calibration device? thanks! I found the i1 Display pro with the xrite software when set correctly got my GUI monitor (just South Korean rehoused apple display) very very close to my Flanders Scientific Oled cm250. It also worked well with a retina MacBook Pro. However, I wouldn’t use these for colour critical work though for client review or good-enough-to-get-by-in-a-pinch grading it’s fine. Link to comment Share on other sites
KB Burnfield June 15, 2020 Author Share June 15, 2020 Is there a mid price calibration unit you'd recommend instead of the x-rite ? Link to comment Share on other sites
Keidrych wasley June 15, 2020 Share June 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, KB Burnfield said: Is there a mid price calibration unit you'd recommend instead of the x-rite ? What do you want the calibration for? What sort of work are you doing? A step up would be the i1 pro with LightSpace Lte but you would need an Sdi monitor I believe though it may do icc profiles. Link to comment Share on other sites
KB Burnfield June 15, 2020 Author Share June 15, 2020 I'm starting to do more color work for clients and myself. Would like to make sure my laptop and monitors are calibrated Link to comment Share on other sites
Keidrych wasley June 15, 2020 Share June 15, 2020 1 minute ago, KB Burnfield said: I'm starting to do more color work for clients and myself. Would like to make sure my laptop and monitors are calibrated Sure but what sort of work? Corporate? Short films, low budget branded content, documentary etc? Link to comment Share on other sites
KB Burnfield June 18, 2020 Author Share June 18, 2020 Corporate & online content Link to comment Share on other sites
Keidrych wasley June 18, 2020 Share June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, KB Burnfield said: Corporate & online content I would suggest that an i1 display pro with the bundled i1 software calibrated to REC709 2.4 will be more than sufficient for the work you intend to do. You need to choose 'advanced workflows' in the i1 software, then choose the 709 preset and set luminance to 100cd/m2, and gamma to 2.4. Then grade in a darkened environment ideally with a bias light behind the monitor. If you start earning more money from grading and want to go a step up from this i'd suggest a blackmagic mini monitor for the SDI connection and one of the LCD Flanders Scientific monitors eg the AM210 / BM240 or second hand OLED CM250. All of these monitors come calibrated with a 3D lut, they then offer free calibration for the life of the monitor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites
KB Burnfield June 21, 2020 Author Share June 21, 2020 Thanks for the suggestions. Appreciate the help! Link to comment Share on other sites
