- Existing ColorMunki Owners We’ve also made sure that your ColorMunki devices can work on today’s operating systems for both MAC and Windows. If you own either a ColorMunki Display, ColorMunki Photo or a ColorMunki Design device, you can download our latest i1Studio software free of charge. This software will provide you with the latest in.
- The X-Rite ColorMunki Display is an ideal solution for those looking for quick and easy monitor calibration for one or multiple monitors, or a projector. It gives you the option to utilise more advanced features if required, such as optimising profiles based on your ambient lighting conditions, as well as adjusting to glossy screen types using a Flare Correct feature.
by Brenda K. Hipsher – November 30th, 2012
The black X-Rite ColorMunki Display is a calibration and profiling system that accurately portrays on your display / projector the color in your original picture or digital file. ColorMunki makes it quick and easy for you to calibrate and profile your displays.
Colormunki Display Review
We get a lot of questions about which of these two solutions one should purchase: ColorMunki Display or i1Display Pro. And the answer is always a definitive “it depends!” First let’s look at what is the same about these two solutions.
The hardware for both of these devices is identical with two exceptions. The body of the devices are different colors and the i1Display Pro measures up to 5x faster than conventional colorimeters. Both of these devices feature the newly designed colorimeter from X-rite giving you enhanced color accuracy and repeatability.
These new colorimeters feature:
Additionally, the color engine in both ColorMunki Display software and i1Profiler is the same color engine. So you can trust profiles made from both devices in each distinctive software program to be professional quality profiles for any level of use.
So how are these two devices different? Well we’ve already mentioned one difference… the i1Display Pro measures up to 5x faster than conventional colorimeters. But let’s look a little deeper into the differences.
Colormunki Display App
ColorMunki Display software is wizard driven and very easy to use. While it does give the user some degree of control over settings it is really designed for simplicity of use. As we said before the color engine that produces the profile in each software program is the same so you can expect professional quality results from ColorMunki Display. It just doesn’t have all the “bells and whistles.”
i1Profiler, the software that drives the i1Display Pro, offers nearly endless combinations of choices for settings in the advanced mode. Make custom patch sets using small, medium, or large base patches. Add colors captured from the device or from the Pantone Color Manager to the patch set. And load an image into the software to see the color palette extracted from the image and added to the patch set. When these large patch sets are used the increased measurement speed becomes a real plus.
Colormunki Display Pro
You’ll also enjoy special features like Quality Assurance that allows you to evaluate a profile after it has been created. Uniformity check gives you the ability to evaluate the uniformity of white point and luminance on 9 different measured points on your screen. And Trending allows you to track the changes in your monitor over time.
Versions of i1Profiler 1.3 and beyond offer video presets that give you the option to profile your monitor for video editing using NTSC, PAL-SECAM, or Rec. 709 presets. Your video editing can move a step closer to broadcast quality monitors giving you an edge for video editing.
Uniformity check measure 9 patches to evaluate the uniformity of white point and luminance across the screen
One more addition for the i1Disaplay Pro device is compatibility with NEC SpectraView II and Eizo Color Navigator software. These propietary software programs can get into the hardware and automatically make changes that used to require manual adjustment. The retail version of the i1Display Pro is recognized by both SpectraView II and Color Naivigator. This allows you to use the same device for your wide gamut monitors using their propietary software and use i1Profiler software for your laptop or other displays that don’t utilize the NEC or Eizo software. And you’ll be able to profile projectors with that same device.
sSo… it depends on your particular needs. If you want a wizard driven, easy to use solution choose ColorMunki Display. If you’re a color geek or just someone who wants to have all the settings available then choose i1Display Pro. If you want those special video presets or plan to use a device with SpectraView II or Color Navigator you’ll also want to choose i1Display Pro. And if you’re someone who routinely edits video choose i1Display Pro and get the video presets for popular video formats.
Either way you get the most advance colorimeter on the market today with a newly designed color engine in the software giving you the best quality profile possible.
Categories: Your Questions | Tags: Colormunki Display, i1Display Pro, monitor calibration, Projector profile
Our eyes generally can’t differentiate if our monitor are currently displaying the accurate color or not. This reason is why display calibration colorimeter are invented in the first place. In fact it doesn’t matter too much if it’s only for personal used, but if you are going to send or view the image professionally, at least you have to get the image right. Colorimeter are commonly used by professional, however it doesn’t mean you can’t use it too. If you are in need for display calibration tool, in this article we will introduce you to two X-Rite tool which are Colormunki Display and Smile.
In this article we are going to give you information about:
– What is Colormunki Display and Smile
– What Colormunki Display and Smile can do
– Colormunki Display vs Smile
About Colormunki Display
Colormunki display is a calibration colorimeter that was produced by X-Rite. Calibration colorimeter is a tool that you can used to calibrate monitors and projectors. The tool comes with an easy to use software that packed with features which is users friendly even for amateurs and experts. So they will easily fine tune their devices in an attempt to show the best possible color accuracy. Before you can use the tool, you have to download the latest version of Colormunki Display software. You can get the software at the company’s website.
This tool is commonly used by professional to calibrate display, whether in photography, design or another field that required having a correctly calibrated display. Being able to use the tool properly might also sign whether you can do your job well or not.
The Colormunki Display is an affordable monitor calibration device that promised you its advanced control but is also very easy to use. This tool is capable of profiling wide gamut display and projectors. When you first time open the package, you will find the colorimeter and diffuser panel along with software and a quick start guide.
What it can do
Taken from techradar, Colormunki display is able to measured ambient light while also taking display flare into consideration, moreover the process is only need about 10 minutes from start to finish. The result of this tool are appear quite accurate, it also provides sample of quick before and after comparison post calibration. After the software is installed, ambient light reading may be taken and calibration can begin. The guide explain almost everything quite easy to understand and just in case you are stuck, you can still source on video tutorial.
The Colormunki display will take around two minutes to adjust the display luminance using a series of patches, after that the remainder are going to be displayed and measured, which will take an additional five minutes to be done. When it is on process, you will be given an approximate timing about the whole process. After it is done, you will also be provide with before and after comparison by using a range of images.
About Colormunki Smile
The Colormunki Smile was released in 2012 as an attempt of X-rite to compete against DataColor’sSpyder 4 Express. This colorimeter is offer in a pretty low range of price to align with its competitor. Smile offer a real alternative to people with limited budget to spend. This tool is capable of ensuring your laptop or desktop monitors so they will consistently displaying the proper color values. Smile can be used to adjust LCD or LED monitor or also can be used in several monitors to maintain accuracy in each one of them.
In the package you can find the Colormunki Smile monitor colorimeter with its installation CD and the booklet. A surprising fact about Colormunki Smile is that the colorimeter you are going to get is in fact an old recondition of Eye One Display 2. Many people are concern about this, since it means that your product is not 100% new. The old Eye One Display 2 is reconditioned because it cannot calibrate the recent wide gamut monitors.
What it can do
When in use Colormunki Smile will automatically notify you the time when you should re-calibrate your displays, this can help you maintaining color accuracy across all of your monitors. This tool is able to help you ascertain proper color accuracy and consistency, whether you are using only one monitor or several at once. The tool is also straightforward and easy to use with simple software, so you don’t need to be knowledgeable about color science. The Smile also provide videos in case you are stuck to help as troubleshooting assistance and put an end to reading other manuals.
Colormunki Display vs. Smile
Colormunki Display Oled
Conclusion
As it have been mentioned above, aside from its features you might want to consider their price. It is clear that Smile is cheaper than the Display. However the Display is said to have better accuracy and precision than the other. If you are a professional or attempting to be one, we highly recommend you the Colormunki Display over Smile. But if you have limited budget to spend and only plan to use color calibration for personal used, you might want to opt for the Smile. One thing that you might also want to consider is if you are going to purchase Smile, you have to be aware that the product you are going to get is a recondition of Eye One Display 2.
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