Pantone Huey Pro Meu113 Monitor Color Calibrator Apple Mac / Pc Brand New

US $110.00

  • San Diego, California, United States
  • Jan 30th
<script type="text/javascript">document.write("" + "<" + "/sc" + "ript>");</script>PANTONE HUEY PRO MEU113 Monitor Color Calibrator Apple Mac / PC Brand New World’s first built-in ambient light sensor enables consistency never seen before in any lighting condition True Color. From monitor to print Multiple monitor calibration increases color fidelity from monitor-to-monitor-to-print New color patches added to the calibration process for precision accuracy Advanced help built in provides step-by-step instructions through calibration and beyond User-defined Whitepoint and gamma combinations provide substantial control over the calibration and output matching Zero in on shadow detail and highlights with the enhanced LCD calibration Professional-grade optical sensors Easy-to-use and affordable Lightweight and portable Free technical support It’s all about the color: Color in your photos. Color in your designs. And it all starts with accurate color on your screen. Photographers understand that a color-managed workflow is essential to obtain true color from capture, to edit, to print; but what you see on-screen is only as accurate as your display. Over time, the color performance of monitors changes – phosphors and liquid crystals fade, causing the display to drift into unknown colors. hueyPRO automatically brings back the true colors, so whether you are editing photos to print, sell or share with others, gaming or shopping on-line, you deserve to see the right color on your display. The hueyPRO delivers extensive controls in an affordable, easy-to-use solution designed to calibrate and profile all types of LCD and CRT displays. Each package includes an emission-only colorimeter with ambient measurement capabilities and intuitive software. Designed with the same advanced optical color sensors as the i1Display product family, hueyPRO’s optical sensors provide the same accurate on-screen color that used to only be available to professionals, PLUS automatically measures the ambient light within a room for precision calibration. Even after the calibration process, hueyPRO will observe the light falling on the display and apply your personal preferences for viewing accuracy, any time of day. hueyPRO INCLUDES hueyPRO colorimeter with USB power cord, hueyPRO device cradle, hueyPRO profiling software and Quick Start Guide. hueyPRO’s increased color accuracy combined with the ability to calibrate multiple monitors delivers the solution you need to accurately view your images. With its customizable white point and gamma combinations, enhanced LCD calibration and Advanced Help, the hueyPRO is the answer to your color needs. PANTONE HUEY PRO MEU113 Monitor Colour Calibrator apple mac / pc brand new PANTONE HUEY PRO MEU113 Monitor Color Calibrator Apple Mac / PC Brand New   World’s first built-in ambient light sensor enables consistency never seen before in any lighting condition True Color. From monitor to print Multiple monitor calibration increases color fidelity from monitor-to-monitor-to-print New color patches added to the calibration process for precision accuracy Advanced help built in provides step-by-step instructions through calibration and beyond User-defined Whitepoint and gamma combinations provide substantial control over the calibration and output matching Zero in on shadow detail and highlights with the enhanced LCD calibration Professional-grade optical sensors Easy-to-use and affordable Lightweight and portable Free technical support It’s all about the color: Color in your photos. Color in your designs. And it all starts with accurate color on your screen. Photographers understand that a color-managed workflow is essential to obtain true color from capture, to edit, to print; but what you see on-screen is only as accurate as your display. Over time, the color performance of monitors changes – phosphors and liquid crystals fade, causing the display to drift into unknown colors. hueyPRO automatically brings back the true colors, so whether you are editing photos to print, sell or share with others, gaming or shopping on-line, you deserve to see the right color on your display. The hueyPRO delivers extensive controls in an affordable, easy-to-use solution designed to calibrate and profile all types of LCD and CRT displays. Each package includes an emission-only colorimeter with ambient measurement capabilities and intuitive software. Designed with the same advanced optical color sensors as the i1Display product family, hueyPRO’s optical sensors provide the same accurate on-screen color that used to only be available to professionals, PLUS automatically measures the ambient light within a room for precision calibration. Even after the calibration process, hueyPRO will observe the light falling on the display and apply your personal preferences for viewing accuracy, any time of day. hueyPRO INCLUDES hueyPRO colorimeter with USB power cord, hueyPRO device cradle, hueyPRO profiling software and Quick Start Guide. hueyPRO’s increased color accuracy combined with the ability to calibrate multiple monitors delivers the solution you need to accurately view your images. With its customizable white point and gamma combinations, enhanced LCD calibration and Advanced Help, the hueyPRO is the answer to your color needs. Monitor calibration How do you know that a particular colour red on your monitor is correct? If you send me a picture, then how do I know I'm seeing what you did? If you are completely new to colour management you might also want to look at the very short ..... article I've written. There is really only one place to start with Colour Management - your monitor. If it doesn't display accurate colour, it's difficult to get your prints right and even less likely someone else will. "Will the huey make my monitor match my prints?" I've been asked this several times and have written a .... on how it can help, but why you need to consider some other factors as well. Monitor calibrators work by displaying different coloured patches on the screen and then measuring them. The quality of the profile depends a lot on the software analysing the measurements and the accuracy of the device making them. It's a fairly simple process that you repeat every so often (weeks- months) as your display ages. I do my Apple 23" LCD monitor every few weeks. Before calibrating your monitor on Windows PC systems, you should check to see that  gamma is turned off if it was installed. We've got a short guide to removing Adobe Gamma that might be of help. What do you get? As before, the huey PRO is packaged for retail sale - move your mouse over the picture below to see the package contents Mind you, if my monitor looked anything liked the 'before' option above, I think it would have been long overdue for scrap ;-) The measuring device comes with a base, USB cable extender, some screen wipes, and in the version I looked at, a Pantone colour swatch pack The pack also contains software and a quick start guide. In what I took to be a promising sign, the quick guide was a lot better written and more comprehensive than the original huey. It even mentions that the base of the stand can be used to hold the cable - this wasn't mentioned at all in the original. The sensor looks the same as the original, with three holes to let light from your monitor onto the measurement cells This view shows the filters over each sensor that allow the huey PRO to provide measurements as a colorimeter. My hand gives you an idea of the size of the device. You can also see the small suckers that Pantone suggest you use for attaching the device to the screen. In my original review I said that I'd never consider attaching the device to an LCD screen... well I stand by that. The suction cups may be fine for CRTs, but they are not going on -my- LCD screen -- fortunately this doesn't really hinder the actual use of the device The huey PRO is now sold under Pantone/X-rite branding rather than the old GretagMacbeth name The Huey PRO in its stand - there is a sensor in the middle just for ambient light measurement Using the Huey PRO Installing the monitor colour correction software on my Mac simply required dragging the application from the CD to my Utilities folder (this is where I put such things...) Compared to the original huey, there is an important extra file. ...A proper user guide The Quick Start guide is just a PDF of the printed leaflet, however the user guide is a 45 page manual that explains how to use the device. It also provides background information on colour management and some suggestions on how to get better prints using printer profiles. The start-up screen. The software still uses the same oval design for its main display. The tab at the right hand side can be collapsed inwards if you just want to follow the basic instructions. After selecting a display you get a chance to set your display's basic settings. Setting the black point is an important aspect of getting good monitor settings. You make the adjustments visually here - there is no measurement involved at this stage with the huey PRO. The side tab tells you what to do and allows you to launch the web based version of the User Guide A screen grab from the browser based help After setting the monitor to appropriate brightness/contrast settings the software measures the general level of lighting in your room The huey PRO has a feature that can vary your monitor settings as the room light varies - I'll cover more of this later. Next it's time to place the sensor over the screen. As I've mentioned, I'm not sticking things to my LCD screen, so I just tilted the monitor back and let gravity hold the screen in place. In the original review I did decide to give the suckers a go - the device fell off just as I was taking a photo. Not a second time thanks :-) Here it is against my Apple 23" display. You need to make sure it is completely flat against the screen - the thin cable and lightweight sensor fights this to some extent... Since the sensor is rather small, I'd suggest doing your calibration in low light levels, so as to avoid any light getting to the sensors. The huey PRO software measures 29 different coloured patches on the display. This is up from the 26 that the huey uses. Measuring the screen You can check the difference between before and after with a test image. In the huey PRO software you can name your profile, although it actually gets some additional info added to the name that signifies the colour settings, and what I take to be the ambient light measurement value. The profiles are stored in the usual system locations. Now you get to choose whether you want your monitor settings varied depending on room lighting conditions - the default is yes. The display colour settings are chosen after the measuring stage. D75 is a very cool setting that I would never have any use for, while a gamma of 2.2 gives a very good display quality on my own monitor. D65/G2.2 is a fairly standard setting. The original huey had a setting of 2.5 available (although it's not listed as this - see my...). I was never able to see a use for the higher gamma values, although the help does suggest various games I'd never heard of as benefiting from these unusual settings Colour management for games - there's a new concept for most games creators ;-) This is where you can select another monitor to profile, since the huey PRO supports this. While this feature has been available on Macs since I started using them in the late 80's, it still causes issues with some PC video cards. I have a short guide with some windows specific .... on another page. Multiple monitor support The menu icon allows you to call up the huey software at any time - unfortunately the preferences do not allow you to hide the icon (this is plain wrong for a Mac application) Note, that even on this control panel, attention has been given to providing helpful hints and info (a good thing) The other setting allows you to set a reminder for recalibration. 14 days is too short a period for a maximum setting. I'd suggest 3 months might be more reasonable There is also the 'randomise my monitor settings' 'Room Lighting Monitoring' control - not something I'd want, but your mileage may vary ;-) Conclusions It works well and gives good profiles. It's simple to use and set up. Some of the settings do hint at the much broader user base the product is aimed at, rather than more advanced devices such as the... These devices offer much more sophisticated features such as projector profiling and ambient light measurement, but at greater cost. If you are interested in how things are done in a top end monitor profiling package, with specialied software for profile evaluation then have a look at the ... One of the features that is currently unique to the huey PRO is the facility for updating profiles as room lighting changes. The picture below shows the effect of the automatic settings (photos taken a few seconds apart at identical camera settings) If you move your mouse over the picture you can see the screen change after I'd put the sensor into a darker part of the room. Buying the huey Pro We make a specific point of not selling hardware, but if you found the review of help please consider buying the huey Pro, or any other items at all, via our links with Amazon or B&H It won't cost any more (nor less we're afraid) but will contribute towards the running costs of our site. Buy at the #1 Photo SuperStore The Professional's Source | Since 1973 All very clever, but I for one don't want the monitor changing it's settings just because a cloud has gone in front of the sun. If I'm that bothered about my working conditions (and it's not for all my work I am) then I'll keep them constant and profile my monitor. Fortunately you can turn this feature off. A Personal Note: Look for magazine reviews by some of the more clueless writers that make the mistake of confusing feature count with feature usefulness. It's one of the reasons we have slightly longer reviews on Northlight Images -- not just based on press releases ;-) We are always happy to answer questions on real kit that we've used. Unfortunately you still can't hide the small green huey icon in the top RH side of the screen. This is a fundamentally wrong aspect of interface design on the Mac and should be changed - it should be hideable in the application preferences. Of my original gripes about the huey, most have now been addressed. The help is now helpful, and the whole application has been made more useful to those wanting anything more than basic settings. The additional information now covers some aspects of printing and even has a section on basic monitor profile evaluation. I found it interesting to read through, and clearly laid out. That information in the help file about evaluating your display profile (which can now be named) shows a fundamental change in how Pantone is aiming this product at the market. For -myself-, the device is physically a bit too lightweight, and I'd certainly not suggest that anyone actually sticks it to their LCD, however the profiles it produced (with the room lighting feature turned off) gave a good smooth neutral display on the machine I tested. As someone who thinks that users should always be trusted with the opportunity to find out more (if they want to) I found the experience of using the huey PRO -much- better than the original. Summary Much improved software and particularly so the documentation and help facilities. Offers more detailed settings and support for multiple monitors compared with the original huey.
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Brand Pantone
Country/Region of Manufacture United States
Model pantone
Country of Manufacture China
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