Datacolor Spyder Pro 2024

Datacolor Spyder Pro 2024

Value Proposition

Digital creatives want to be confident that the images they capture, create, edit and view on their monitors are displayed as accurately as possible. Manually calibrating a monitor (laptop/desktop) is the first important step in achieving this goal. It ensures a color-accurate starting point for editing and allows users to express their creative vision and present their work as accurately as possible, both digitally and in print.

Even if monitors and screens are calibrated at the factory, it is important to calibrate the monitor according to the intended output medium (e.g. print or internet display) and to counteract the ageing process of the monitor. Users should therefore calibrate their monitors every two weeks, before color-critical work or whenever there is a change in lighting conditions or location. Calibration only takes about 90 seconds with the Datacolor Spyder, so users can get an accurate view of their digital work and maximize the color performance and accuracy of their monitor for their specific workflow.

Even a trained eye cannot rely on the exact color setting of a monitor. Our perception is designed to balance light and color, while the Spyder performs an unbiased assessment of the monitor's color accuracy. With a calibrated monitor, the user sees the exact color on the screen that is stored in the image file in the form of color values.

With the handy and robust Spyder, users can optimize their workflow for the creation of photos, videos, content and digital design - in the studio or on the go. The SpyderPro can calibrate an even wider range of monitors than its predecessor, including the latest technologies such as OLED, Mini-LED, Apple Liquid Retina XDR and high-brightness monitors, allowing users to optimize color gamut, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and brightness diversity. Additional SpyderPro features such as StudioMatch and SpyderTune ensure color continuity across multiple monitors, regardless of whether one or multiple computers are in use.

Datacolor's exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature gives users a glimpse of how their images may look on other devices (the final display depends on the settings made by smartphone/tablet users, such as brightness) without having to use those devices themselves. Screens, printers and tablets or smartphones reproduce a different color gamut and can only display certain color ranges. This can lead to color distortions or poor color reproduction when the same image is viewed on different devices. Device Preview TM (Beta) allows users to see how their photo will look on different mobile devices by simply selecting one of the profiles listed for the latest phones and tablets. Users can also use this feature to create a soft proof or preview using an ICC printer profile that shows how their prints will look for a specific printer model, paper and ink, and print service provider.

SpyderPro provides users with the ultimate color control and flexibility for today's digital workflows. The intuitive software and one-click selectable calibration presets guide beginners to professional results quickly and easily, while experienced professionals can take advantage of unlimited, fully customizable calibration settings (gamma, white point and brightness) as well as Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 video targets to master color like never before.

Confidence in color reproduction, fast & easy

With SpyderPro, you can calibrate your monitor in just 90 seconds or so, so you can be sure you have an accurate starting point for your image editing, saving you valuable time and effort in your editing workflow. The result? True-to-life colors and the capture of fine details.

Professional results for everyone

The intuitive software and one-click calibration ensure ease of use and professional results even for inexperienced users. In addition, unlimited calibration settings such as fully customizable gamma curves, white point and brightness settings enable advanced color management for a truly individual workflow that experienced professionals will appreciate.

Calibration for today's digital workflows

SpyderPro now calibrates an even wider range of laptop, desktop displays and projectors, including the latest technologies such as OLED, Mini-LED and Apple Liquid Retina XDR, so users can optimize the color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and enhanced detail reproduction that these monitors offer. It also calibrates wide and standard LED gamuts while offering high workflow adaptability so you can work in the brightest lighting conditions thanks to the High Brightness feature. Working on the go with multiple portable monitors connected to a single computer? With the SpyderTune feature, you can adjust white point, gamma and brightness for visual fine-tuning to achieve the best consistency across multiple screens.

Color surprises are a thing of the past!

With Datacolor's exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature, you can simulate on your own calibrated screen how your photos will look on other devices without having to go to those other devices to preview them. Device PreviewTM Beta also allows you to soft proof your image for print to see how your image will look on paper.

Patchwork colors: Good for quilts, but not for digital viewing

Multiple cameras and monitors, changing lighting conditions, days of shooting, stitching footage - if your monitor's color isn't consistent, neither is your visual story. SpyderPro's StudioMatch feature allows for the matching calibration of multiple computers/screens, ensuring consistent, accurate color reproduction across multiple connected monitors or computers.

Reliable video and cinema color

SpyderPro's Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 targets ensure that colors are accurate, so you can be confident that your colors and images are reproduced correctly throughout the production workflow: from editing and post-production to broadcast, streaming and final display. Rec. 709 is the most commonly used standard today, while the wider color gamut of Rec. 2020 allows you to deliver content that is more true to life and provide a truly immersive experience for your audience.

View the big picture

SpyderPro's advanced ''Display Mapping & Analysis'' feature gives you detailed information about your monitor. You can check color/color homogeneity, brightness, contrast, tonal range, tonal rendition, display accuracy and white point of your monitors to track color accuracy and consistency.

Details emerge from the shadows

SpyderPro's gamma curve adjustment feature allows you to refine the tonal distribution (how seamlessly black blends into white). Gradations are enhanced so that shadow and highlight details remain crisp and clear. You can also adjust the brightness setting of your screen to suit your location and needs to achieve absolute color accuracy and capture every detail.

CheckCal gives you peace of mind

CheckCal is Datacolor's answer to whether your calibration is still correct. CheckCal performs a quick test on your monitor to check that your calibration is still up to date.

Calibration as bright as your environment

Some modern monitors have brightness levels for use outdoors or in other working environments with bright light. SpyderPro's High Brightness calibration setting compensates for these monitors when working in a bright environment to maintain an accurate reference.