Calibrated my monitor this weekend

Calibrated my monitor this weekend, and it didnt change a single bit. I'd previously done it by eye and it made a difference. Now I calibrated it with Spyder Pro and it hasnt changed. How good are my eye's??

They certainly must be better than mine cause the Huey made a good bit of difference making what I see right.

When I calibrated my monitor (previously used Adobe Gamma, by eye), it warmed the temperature a little, but otherwise black and white points seemed pretty much spot on.

But did you print to see if it changed your prints any?

If your black point, white point, and colour temperature (white balance as digital photographers might think of it) weren't changed by the calibration, you may not notice much. However, one would hope that decent hardware calibration would improve the smoothness and accuracy of gradients, the neutrality of neutral tones throughout the range, and accuracy of displayed colour.

These are all more subtle things that you can't really eyeball - but they will make fine judgments about contrast and colour so much easier.

David

Mine all changed a TON when I calibrated them for the first time with my Spyder. I hadn't done any other "visual" calibrating prior to that, so that may be why.

Hellashot wrote in post #3318468
But did you print to see if it changed your prints any?

Well, I only calibrated my monitor, but as the main change was the colour temperature, prints won't change much (I didn't get a printer profiler, as I don't have a printer!)

Hellashot wrote in post #3318468
But did you print to see if it changed your prints any?

I dont have a printer at home, so Im unable to. But I was happy with my prints before, so I cant imagine they'd change much at all.

Hellashot wrote in post #3318468
But did you print to see if it changed your prints any?

I am sure you know this, but calibrating your monitor won't change your prints directly. It will affect the way you change your photos which in turn may affect the prints.