anyone recommend a cheap and effective way to calibrate a monitor? OTP or custom, I'm open to ideas...

OTP every time :)

i have a spyder thingy, seems to do an ok job.

you would be welcome to borrow it, if i weren't all the way down here in surrey

Cyclefit offer a monitor calibration service with custom inner soles.

fred - i can help do a screen grab and email it over to me i'll see if its alright. no... dont thank me no problem at all... just get me a beer next time. schucks!

don't i need to display a calibration image of some sort?

i'm browsing midget porn, will that matter?

ok, midget porn screengrab is in your work mailbox.

thanks :-)

i use an eye-1 display 2 it's cheap at £150 and very easy to use.
just twiddling sliders and looking at the screen while you do it is not going to give you a calibrated screen.

if it's a laptop screen the calibrate it to it's native colourspace rather than 5500°k/6000°k etc as this will make the most of it's limited gamut.

If your monitor is any good it will have built in hardware calibration, if not your just altering the graphics card of your machine. Eye-1's are ok but check if your monitor comes with its own software rather than eye-1's, if so run that with the Eye-1.

You filthy bitch.

cool thanks. think I may have to get one... presumably it'll work with any monitor?

If it had built in hardware callibration, would I be asking :-)

recommend me a decent but cheap monitor then - 24"-27"...

3 post and still not as funny as my OP. That's a beer you owe me. ;)
ps thread jump I liked the arty photos.

will be funny when you get to work tomorrow and open you email :-P

cheers for the shout on the pics dude - londonbikepolo are using one of my images for their banner! :-))

so basically a mid to high end Eizo CG/CE series with ColorEdge built in , the high end NEC's with SpectraView Profiler Software, or the Lacie monitors(you still need an eye one or similar to measure).
you will be spending £600+ to get one of these monitors.

as for a decent and cheap monitor?
maybe one of the better dell's but often you can't turn the brightness down low enough to calibrate properly. most people just turn the brightness up to the max but if you are working on images it should be lower, (120cd/mm). if you can stretch to it a mid range Eizo?

cheers mistersmith. I'm looking at an eye one now, and then a better monitor when funds allow.

muchos appreciatos / + rep...