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OK, so I'm going to try getting some prints done with Loxley and am vaguely aware of the need to calibrate my monitor so I get accurate colours etc. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this, software etc.? I'm using LR5 if that is relevant. Cheers!

In reply to mudmonkey5:

If you're using a common monitor, you might be able to find/download a calibration file for it. If you can't find a calibration file, or you want better accuracy, you can get USB devices which you plug into the computer and stick to the screen. They then make measurements and create an accurate calibration. They are usually quite expensive.

In reply to Jack B:


They used to be. One of the Linux colord developers produced a cheap one, and now I see some of the commercial versions are only about £50.

There are free tools that work with the commercial versions that will allow you to use them on as many machines as you like - getting around the software license for the software supplied with the device in a legal way.

In reply to mudmonkey5:

http://www.hughski.com/index.html

You need to use a Linux live CD to do the calibration and then transfer the .icc file to the windows machine afterwards.

In reply to mudmonkey5:

Without a Spyder is not ideal.

But you could try 'Adobe Gamma' that comes with some Adobe products.

Also found this with Google:

http://quickgamma.de/indexen.html

In reply to mudmonkey5:

buy a colour calibrator off amazon and see if you can get them to send a soft proof file over so you can make adjustments using that before printing

In reply to mudmonkey5:
Basic but work well enough for your own images...http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-x-rite-colormunki-smile/p1532606?cm_mmc=...

if your serious about accurate monitor calibrations, you can spend some serious cash (see the rest of the colourminki range)all depends what the outputs for i guess.

In reply to mudmonkey5:

Thanks all, going to look into some of these options!

In reply to mudmonkey5:

You don't say what kind of monitor you're using. Is it a laptop built-in monitor or an external one? Presumably it's LCD, what kind of LCD? Some of the cheaper ones (such as on my laptop) have very poor (narrow) viewing angles so you're never sure what the correct viewing angle is, hence why I use a more expensive external monitor for my photo processing. I've calibrated this with a spider-type device (with good results) but haven't bothered calibrating the laptop monitor.

Also, are you using windows, Mac, Linux, etc.?
Anthony