it is necessary if you want to produce stuff that can be printed properly (at the right shops), and if you want people to see what you see, for the most part.
especially since most browsers these days have color management enabled.
if hey, you don't mind thinking that the sky is blue when people are seeing it as purple, it's not necessary at all.
my advice is, get one , or borrow one, you can pool with a group of friends and share it.
How do you want to measure without reference or ruler? Calibrating (or correctly: profiling) your monitor brings it to a known reference point based on which you can judge and adjust colours. Everything else it hit and miss.
let's put it this way.i seldom print out my stuff but i do upload to website..and i dont really get to understand what you mean as "if hey, you don't mind thinking that the sky is blue when people are seeing it as purple, it's not necessary at all" for example the picture i take is blue sky but when upload to my pc...the color is purple so when i upload to the website ... other ppl also see the sky in purple??
That true...so syderexpress3 is it enough?? or should i get the pro version as it has 3 version..express, pro and elite
i'm using spyder3 express, its really easy to calibrate and works. if you're looking for simple calibration, you don't need the elite/pro ones.
interesting... tks for sharing...where to get it and how much does one cost??
Isn't it tricky calibrating a laptop? Since which is the right angle of view?
And if we connect the laptop to a secondary monitor, will it show the calibrated results or still have to calibrate the other monitor as well? And if need to, how to do it?
OK..i got the software and after calibrating my monitor...it look yellowish is that normal??
I don't mean the missing function buttons. I meant the tilt of the laptop screen, as you said, being at the right spot with your eyes when working. That means we must always be almost or must be spot on at the angle while we viewing the laptop.Laptop isn't more tricky than any other normal screen. Sometimes some buttons or functions are missing but the spyder software can handle that. Just select accordingly. You put the device in the center (or the other spots as indicated by the software) and that's it. It's rather a question of you being at the right spot with your eyes when working
For secondary monitor just calibrate each monitor separately (as main monitor), then use the system tools or spyder profile selector to pick the correct profile for each screen. Even Spyder2 can do that.