How to Color Calibrate Every Device in a Photographer's Workflow




Nothing is more important for color perfectionist photographers to get consistent accurate color through every aspect of the shoot, from set to delivery and print. In this video, we show you how to use the i1studio to calibrate every major device you use as a photographer to get perfect color through your entire workflow.

Use the i1studio to calibrate your:
Camera
Monitor
Printer
Projector
Scanner
iOS

Check out the video explaining how we set up the shoot with Erica here: https://youtu.be/O4MvzL_UPtE

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43 responses to “How to Color Calibrate Every Device in a Photographer's Workflow”

  1. perceptual intent moves out of gamut colors smoothly as a group with in gamut colors
    relative intent moves the specific out of gamut color.
    using relative intent can leave banding in some instances – in areas like skies, etc. with similar colors.

  2. Hello Patrick, this is one of the most concise and accurate explanations of color calibration I have ever watched. I am new to this and there is still something I do not fully understand. I understand the point of calibrating the monitor, but the printer+paper? I mean, I use a particular paper (e.g, matte, glossy, metallic, etc.) because it gives me that particular look to the photo I want. If a photo looks the same regardless the printer/paper combination, what is the point of using different papers?

  3. Question – after calibrating, why would you ever want to turn OFF the color profile for other tasks? (like watching movies or gaming). Don't we want the most accurate colors for ALL tasks?

  4. The thing with calibrating your devices is that the client will still see your product on an uncalibrated computer/cellphone anyways. For example when you edit a photo for instagram in the pc, almost everytime its neccesary to make changes afterwards because it looks different on an iphone, different on a samsung, etc etc

  5. This video is good for private user to understand how calibration work. Well done. But not for a pro's.
    P.S. Between colorimeter (i1DisplayPro, Spyder5Pro…) and spectrophotometer (i1Pro, ColormunkiPhoto, i1Studio…) is huge difference. Everyone must know that.

  6. Thank you Patrick for the great tutorial. Question: since calibration of the monitor is a must and the end result would be accurate colors seen on the monitor in relation to the photo taken, what in your opinion is the bare bone minimum monitor specs I should consider for photo editing.

    I've looked at BenQ, LG, Samsung, Dell..all in the $1000+ range but the specs vary making a few hundred here and there seem frivolous for the difference gained. Quite confusing.

    I'm in search of both a monitor and calibration tool.

    I thank you in advance for your input.

  7. When businesses go beyond relevance, get greedy and force consumers to purchase redundant devices by denying software updates and pushing gimmicky revisions that include a dumb neoprene case that doesn't sit on the screen well, it's time to reexamine Capitalism. The cost of these products is insulting.

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