Gift Ideas for the Creatives on Your Holiday List

Stuck for ideas for the creative people on your gift list? Let Datacolor help! Whether your list includes a content creator, photographer, videographer or digital designer, we have products to help make their work easier by streamlining workflows, saving them valuable time and effort. These tools are designed to support creativity, from managing color accurately, to ensuring that every detail is captured in photos or videos, to producing impeccable prints to sharing online content as it was intended.

Our Newest Spyder and SpyderPro Calibrators – Be Confident in the Color Accuracy of the Latest Displays and Edit from a Point of Color Precision

Both Spyders calibrate monitors in only 90 seconds, and ensure color accuracy, consistency and optimization of the latest display technologies such as OLED, Mini-LED and Apple XDR Liquid Retina. Content Creators will love the Device Preview™ Beta feature, available in both Spyders and SpyderPro, that simulates what your photos would look like on the latest smartphones and tablets.

The SpyderPro is perfect for Videographers and Hybrid Photo/Video shooters with its video targets (Rec.709 and Rec. 2020) and StudioMatch feature that allows for side-by-side calibration, ensuring consistent, accurate color reproduction across multiple connected monitors or computers.

Spyder Checkr Color Targets (Spyder Checkr, Spyder Checkr 24, Spyder Checkr Photo and Spyder Checkr Video) – Ensure Accurate Color at the Point of Capture

The Spyder Checkr family of products provide a fast, easy way to color calibrate your camera and ensure consistent, accurate image color at point-of-capture. This streamlines post-production workflows, as well as ensures color consistency across a variety of cameras, lenses, and sensor combinations.

Use the Spyder Checkr color target card as a color reference in your photo shoot and Spyder Checkr’s software will automatically color correct images through an HSL preset in Adobe Lightroom Classic® Adobe Camera RAW®, or Hasselblad Phocus® for seamless color correction.

• Spyder Checkr – Offers color targets with a durable self-casing construction and a tripod mount great for studio or location photo shoots.
• Spyder Checkr 24 – Its compact size and protective sleeve make it a take-with-you-everywhere photo tool to always have on hand in your bag or pocket. Ideal for content creators, photographers, and digital designers.
• Spyder Checkr Photo – Offers one of our most comprehensive collections of color targets in a unique, ultra-matte finish that’s perfect for photography and for incomparable color accuracy and depth. The ergonomic case is easy to grip and comfortable to hold, minimizing handling errors. It comes with 4 color target cards that can be interchanged with our Spyder Checkr Video cards for a truly customizable workflow. A great tool for the photographers, content creators and digital designers on your list.
• Spyder Checkr Video – Includes our patent-pending Color Pattern Card that generates a pattern of hues at two saturation levels, allowing you to see how all colors are being captured, not just primary and secondary colors. The easy-to-understand circular pattern that’s created provides an unprecedented level of color information, instantly. Videographers and video content creators will value how easy it is to maintain color consistency across multiple cameras.
• Spyder Checkr Card Sets – Save money and take advantage of the versatility of your Spyder Checkr Photo or Spyder Checkr Video by expanding your target card selection to include a Spyder Checkr Card set. Purchase the Video Card set if you already own a Spyder Checkr Photo, or the Photo Card set if you already own a Spyder Checkr Video, to ensure all your workflows are streamlined and precise. Perfect for photographers, videographers and hybrid photo/video shooters.

Spyder Cube – Easy-to-use, portable reference tool for setting your exposure, white balance, white and black point, and contrast right from the start of image editing

Perfect for both photo and video, Spyder Cube’s unique 3-dimensional design differs from traditional grey cards by mimicking the way light actually falls on your subject, allowing you to see primary and secondary light sources for more precise white balance correction.

This essential tool provides accurate correction across shadow and highlight tones and instantly color-corrects images by setting a color temperature value to neutralize the light source. Additionally, it includes a black trap for an absolute black reference which allows you to set a true black point in an image, and a chrome ball that lets you see specular highlights.

Spyder Print – Advanced analysis and calibration tool for optimizing print results

Perfect for photographers, digital designers and fine art printers looking for precise printer and paper profiles for optimal screen-to-print continuity. Create a custom profile for each paper and ink type you use for the most precise color results from your printer. The Spyder Print software creates a fully editable, custom profile to ICC standards for the most color-accurate reproduction of your image files. Reduces ink and paper waste from repeated print outputs while optimizing the performance of your printer.

Spyder Kits – Comprehensive, cost-effective solutions for managing color throughout various workflows.

Our Spyder kits are designed for both novices and pros alike, offering color management tools from capture, through editing, display and print.

Spyder Photo/Video Kit – The ultimate all-in-one workflow solution for precision color control for photo and video, from capture through editing.

This versatile kit includes everything the photographer, videographer, hybrid photo/video shooter, content creator or digital designer on your list could want! It comes with the SpyderPro calibrator, the Spyder Cube, the Spyder Checkr Video and the Spyder Checkr Photo card set for unmatched flexibility and color accuracy.

Spyder Print Studio – Complete end-to-end color management for photo workflows, from capture, through editing to print.

Photographers, digital designers, and fine art printers will find this kit invaluable for precision color management from capture, through editing and printing. It comes with the SpyderPro calibrator, the Spyder Cube and the Spyder Print tools for unmatched color management.

ColorReader Products (ColorReader, ColorReader Pro, ColorReader EZ) – Simplify the color identification process with one of the products from our ColorReader family.

These portable, pocket-sized color measurement tools streamline color selection for professional and home projects, saving valuable time, effort and costs. Simply use the device to scan the flat surface of a color you like and with the ColorReader app, instantly get its closest paint color match, Savage Universal background match, plus valuable color data.

Ideal for:

• Photographers, videographers and content creators who want to color-coordinate shoots
• Digital designers who want to ensure accurate and consistent color reproduction for branding/logo design
• Professional paint contractors who want to help clients select and coordinate paint colors and match wall colors without drywall removal
• DIYers who want to feel confident in their color selections, from color matching to color coordinating

ColorReader Pro – Our most comprehensive ColorReader. View precise color measurement results right on the device’s LED screen, get paint color matches for top paint brands, as well as Delta E, CIE Lab, RGB, Hex, CMYK, LRV and LCH measurements. Also displays RAL® standards. Includes an advanced quality control feature that shows pass/fail tolerances, made for rigorous industrial setting standards.

ColorReader – Instantly get accurate paint color matches for top paint brands, as well as Delta E, CIE Lab, RGB, Hex, CMYK, LRV and LCH measurements. Also displays RAL® standards. Browse digital fan decks, create color palettes, then save, label and share colors with your paint store, family and friends, right from your phone. Order Samplize peel-&-stick re-positionable paint samples from the convenient ColorReader app.

ColorReader EZ – Capture color inspiration wherever you find it. Get accurate color matches to the top paint brands, Savage Universal backgrounds as well as CIE Lab, RGB and Hex color values. Boost color selection confidence when coordinating colors, during photo shoots and DIY projects. Explore full room color palette options for additional inspiration.