eye-1 monitor calibrator

[seth_prince]

is the advanced mode that much more accurate than the easy mode? Is it worth the hassle?

[jim_a]

while i would like to know other's views, i have a one-eye and tried it out first in the easy mode. i only print B&W but the easy mode allowed me to match my screen to my prints.

[robert goldstein]

The advanced mode lets you choose gamma and white point temperature. Otherwise, it is no harder than easy mode.

[walterh]

It depends :-P

 

If your monitor is well calibrated to begin with it does not matter whatever mode you use - right? Easy or advanced you will not need to change anything so its no difference.

 

If your monitor is way off - say a bit old - then how are you going to adjust that in easy mode? No way to compensate say a large offbalance of the r over g and b without compensating gain and cutoff for r g and b separately. you would not even notice if there is a large discrepancy. It might not help a lot to know that you need a new tube but at least you know that its not possible to calibrate your monitor within a certain brightness. So using all the information you can get will give you the best possible calibration and a feel for how good the calibration is. - by the way : I recommend to use a good reference image to crosscheck the result, especially on the first say 20 to 30 calibrations ^^