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  Best way to calibrate Dell Ultrasharp 2408 WFP ?

  Posted by Mike Mackenzie on July 7, 2009 at 7:59 pm

  Hello…

  I just purchased two Dell Ultrasharp 2408 WFP monitors for my mac system and I’m wondering what the best way to calibrate them for $200 or less.

  I’m assuming I need to buy a Spyder or something similar, although I’ve never used one and wonder how effective they really are.

  I mainly do motion graphics in After Effects, also using Photoshop & Illustrator on a daily basis in support of this.

  Any advice is greatly appreciated!

  PS I know I need a professional preview monitor but that’s not an option at the moment, I’m simply looking to make my Dells as accurate as possible.

  Motion Graphics Designer / Art Director
  Boston, MA

  System:
  Mac/Leopard
  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

  Matt Doe replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Matt Doe

  August 18, 2009 at 4:35 pm

  I recently purchased and calibrated with the Spyder 3 Pro. I am very happy with the results on my 2 22″ Samsung LCDs (the model number of the displays eludes me).

  I mainly work with FCP w/ some color correction in After Effects as well as my still photography in Lightroom

  It was a straight forward process, the spyder program walks you through everything. It took about 5-10 minutes or so to calibrate each display. The colorimeter in the pro also has an ambient light sensor which I thought was a nice addition.

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