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 enlarge | From: ColorVision
Category: Software
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $59.78
You Save: $19.22 (24%)
New (33) Used (3) from $55.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  115 reviews
Sales Rank: 135
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Express
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.5 x 3.8
MPN: S2E100
Model: S2E100
UPC: 875720000100
EAN: 0875720000100
ASIN: B000ES4PYU
Release Date: May 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fast & reliable calibration the easy way November 20, 2006
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Getting the most accurate color from your computer monitor is essential for digital photography. To get accurate color requires calibration. If you're looking for a fast, almost effortless way to calibrate standard monitors, this is it.
I work on images at home and at the office, using two different brand monitors. No surprise that using "eyeball" calibration just didn't provide consistent color from one monitor to the other -- especially since my eyeballs are getting along in years like the rest of me.
Spyder2 Express solved the problem in about forty-five minutes -- installed it and calibrated the home monitor, drove to the office, installed it and calibrated the office monitor. The changes on both monitors were subtle -- a little brighter with more red tones and better skin colors -- but the improvements in my images are real. I can now work on an image both at home and at the office with more confidence.
You install the software, make sure your monitor is restored to factory default specs, then when prompted plug the colorimeter into a USB port and suspend it so it rests on a target area on the monitor screen. Click to start the calibration process, sit back and watch as the colorimeter first processes a series of red/blue/green color samples and then measures monitor color temperature using white/black/gray samples. The software creates a color profile (*.icc) which is set as the default and loaded into your graphics card.
This is basic calibration -- not at the level that professional photographers or graphic designers want for their studios. But if you want that at some point, you can upgrade your software and use the same colorimeter. Installation and calibration are not always glitch-free, but they are about as smooth as anything like this can be.
Worth the money -- absolutely! Easy to do -- pretty much.
So That's What it Should Look Like November 10, 2006
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
I am always editing photos and then getting back the prints and wondering where I went wrong. I tried using manual color calibration tools which did make a big difference, but my color was still not quite right. This was so easy and accurate I regret not doing it sooner. All you have to do is install the software, disable any color altering settings you currently have in use, plug it in and let it go. It takes a few minutes going through various colors and then it is done, just like that. I have done this on both my desktop LCD and notebook LCD and they both look great. The colors just seem to have more contrast and detail. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to get accurate color representation out of their monitors but don't want to spend a lot of time doing it.
New vision November 10, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
ColorVision Spyder2 Express change my Monitor to a new window of graphics
Show me a differance of colors. I Like it.
Excellent Product and Support November 7, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The installation and operation of the Spyder2 Express was straight-forward and easy on my Mac. This is an excellent unit. I phoned Colorvision support with a minor software question which was fielded and resolved quickly by a real person. This Company Cares About Their Customers!!
Good calibrator for one computer November 3, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a serious amateur photographer, that recently purchased a film scanner. I quickly realized that calibrating my monitor was required as the first step in making accurate color corrected scans of my slides. This express version worked easily, was easy to install, and worked as advertised. I do not regret my purchase. It creates a fixed named ICC profile for the computer that it is installed on. I was pleased that I purchased it, happy with the calibration results for my purposes. I'm sure a hard core production house would prefer a more sophisticated device. I saw a definate change and more vivid colors after calibration. My setup is a laptop in a docking station. I wanted to have an ICC profile for the laptop screen, and a different one for the docked and connected flatscreen monitor. If you have this situation, or if you run a dual monitor computer you will need the PRO version to support making two differently named ICC profiles. There is a workaround however. One cannot simply copy and rename an ICC profile that is produced because it contains internal settings too. But the workaround is to download from Msft the COLOR manager addin for XP. I made a copy of the profile created by Spyder express, renamed it. opened it in COLOR manager and internally rename the profile. After a little tinking, re running the calibration process and using the MSft COLOR manager app, I was able to crate two ICC profiles, one for my monitor, one for my laptop screen. It would have been easier to simply purchase the PRO version of this program. Overall, for my purposes, I was pleased.
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