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Download the software for your new SpyderPro, view the Quick Start guide, plus find helpful links to the User Guide, FAQs and customer support.
Tips to Optimize Calibration
Here are some helpful tips before you begin to calibrate your monitor:
- Warm up your monitor for about 30 minutes before beginning your calibration process to ensure it has reached its optimal performance for the most accurate calibration.
- Make sure no direct light is falling on your display and that desk lamps are turned off. It’s best to work in a dimly lit environment, especially for color-critical work.
- Reset your monitor controls to their factory default settings.
- Deactivate any Auto Brightness or HDR mode settings before you start calibrating. These are examples of dynamic functions that affect your display. Calibration requires a static display for accurate measurements.
Quick Start Guide
- Download and Install Software
- Plug in your device to launch software
- Begin activation/registration process (See the software serial number inside box beneath device)
- Calibrate (See step-by-step instructions below)
Spyder Software Download
Review the Datacolor Software License.
All Spyder products include a “Site License”, for a single owner. This allows the owner to install and operate the software on all computers (Mac or Windows), as long as they are owned by the license holder. If the owner has several computers, he/she may operate the Spyder product on all of them. Activating on a computer the purchaser doesn’t own, or operation as a service to others, is prohibited.
How to Calibrate Your Monitor
1. Plug in Your SpyderPro Device
Your SpyderPro includes a native USB-C port and comes with an additional USB-A adaptor for convenience. Follow the step-by-step instructions on the screen.
2. Open the SpyderPro Software
The SpyderPro software will walk you through the calibration and display setup process in just a few screens. Select the Display Technology and available controls for your display to ensure the most accurate calibration. Calibrate your display to fit your workflow needs by adjusting the settings for gamma, white point and brightness settings.
3. Proper Placement
Remove the lens cap from your SpyderPro and, when prompted, hang the device over your display. The lens cap slides along the attached USB cable to be used as a counterweight to keep the SpyderPro sensor in place on your screen. The device should sit flush on the monitor under its own weight, do not hold it against the screen with your hand. Tilt your screen back a bit, if necessary, to keep the device flat against your screen.
4. Calibrate
Be sure all other applications are closed before you begin the calibration process to avoid possible interference from them.
SpyderPro software will then create a custom display profile that your computer’s operating system and color managed applications will use to correct your display. You can always return to your monitor’s default settings by simply deleting the calibrated profile.
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