Screen Calibration with Software (for 2 monitors?)
polycounter lvl 12
Hey to all,
I have 2 screens at home, one is on my laptop, the other is a standalone that is hooked via HDMI.
The one big issue I have that really itches me the wrong way, is both of them have different color grades. My standalone is more brown (red ?) then my laptops which is more cyan (blue/green ?).
Since I lack any kind of 3rd party hardware that might help me calibrate, I'm wondering if there is some kind of software that might help me with this issue, or at the very least, help me eyeball and 'copy' the values of one of my screens to the other?
I tried using the default Windows Calibration options, but I would like to keep that as a last resort, since it's pretty lack-luster when it comes to helping your color grading (showing me 2 images that have JPEG artifacts and you have to use it as a contrast base isn't my idea of high end calibration).
Cheers in advance!
I have 2 screens at home, one is on my laptop, the other is a standalone that is hooked via HDMI.
The one big issue I have that really itches me the wrong way, is both of them have different color grades. My standalone is more brown (red ?) then my laptops which is more cyan (blue/green ?).
Since I lack any kind of 3rd party hardware that might help me calibrate, I'm wondering if there is some kind of software that might help me with this issue, or at the very least, help me eyeball and 'copy' the values of one of my screens to the other?
I tried using the default Windows Calibration options, but I would like to keep that as a last resort, since it's pretty lack-luster when it comes to helping your color grading (showing me 2 images that have JPEG artifacts and you have to use it as a contrast base isn't my idea of high end calibration).
Cheers in advance!
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All you can really do is display images and adjust the hardware monitor settings.
Although a spyder helps to get them close with marginal differences. (I have a TN and PVA panels, TN gives me washed out warm colours, while the PVA gives me cool rich colour)
spyder isn't too much these days, although you need a little more $$$ for multi-monitor calibration.