neil_parker Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 I spent my last nickle on a new macpro and a cinema display 23"... and I still need ram and software upgrades. But I know the importance of calibrating the monitor. Which BUDGET calibrator will be best for a 2 display setup (the other monitor is a 22" samsung 225bw- a low end unit). I've searched photo.net, but a lot of the results are a couple years old. Are the low end huey or spyder express OK for a 2 monitor setup? Any other recommendations? Extra points if it can be upgraded at a later point. It would be nice to keep this under $100, but my mind is open... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Are you doign work for yourself or professionally? unelss you have a separate video card you can only calibrate and profile one of the displays at a time. To me since it is most likely that you'll use the ACD for the editing work that is the one I would worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_parker Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 >Are you doign work for yourself or professionally? Both. I'll have both monitors running off the one stock card, I should have realized that would limit me to one profile. Recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs56 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 If you find MonacoOptix XR you will be fine -It is discontinued-. I find it at a ver low price in a store. The actual substitute is Xrite, I guess you will be fine with it. Best Regards JC Mexico City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Why not just calibrate the Apple display, and use the second monitor for a tool palette, and not worry about it. Are you going to spread a photo across the two monitors to work on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_parker Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 The ACD will be the editing monitor and the 2nd one for palettes, so the profiling for the apple is the critical one. But I would like to have the option in the future to profile both if I get a 2nd video card. So what's a good budget device? Where could I get one of these discontinued Monacos for a good price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_parker Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 ...maybe a discontinued product is a bad idea software-wise. I want it to be compatible with OS 10.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_mcgroty Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 "unelss you have a separate video card you can only calibrate and profile one of the displays at a time." Many video cards have dual-display support, so a separate card is no longer needed for multiple monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_parker Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 >Many video cards have dual-display support, so a separate card is no longer needed for multiple monitors. I know that, the card in my macpro supports 2 monitors, but the point Ellis was making that you can only have one profile if you have only 1 card, even if there is 2 monitors connected to it. Is this not true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_lam1 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I have been using the Spyder2Express with dual monitor setup in OSX. I find the following work for me. Please correct me if I'm wrong. What I do is to create a profile for each monitor separately in Spyder2Express.app 1) Set monitor A as the main display in system preference and run Spyder2Express.app 2) An icc profile named "Spyder2express" is created at "/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/" 3) rename this file as "Spyder2express_monitorA" 4) set monitor B as the main display in system preference, run Spyder2express.app again. 5) Again, a new icc profile named "Spyder2express" is created at "/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/". Rename this file "Spyder2express_monitorB" 6) Open ColorSync utility and set the current profile to these two files respectively. Now each monitor are using the profiles created by Spyder2epxress tailor-made for each of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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