Digital BW, The Print

I'm posting this to a quickly grabbed bunch of groups, I'm sure I've  
missed a few, but some of you will still get multiple copies of it (my  
apologies).

Bruce Herman's of the Alaska Apple User's Group has written an  
interesting review of Spyder3Studio. It can be found at:

http://www.akappleug.org/reviews/2010/01/spyder3studio-sr/

He gives the product "5 Moose"; it being Alaska, and all. I can't  
resist posting a few quotes from his review:

I continue to be surprised that more people do not calibrate and  
profile their computer display and their printer/paper combinations.  
This is a critical issue for getting the results that you intend.

Spyder3Studio SR is the easiest package to understand and use that I  
have tested.

You can start using Spyder3Studio SR without knowing anything and then  
learn as you go. Each screen has a �Help� button at the top right that  
takes you to a page that includes both basic and more detailed  
information about that particular step in the process. Datacolor�s  
documentation is very well written.

The most improved component of the software is the printer paper  
profiling. Now you can explicitly choose to use the combined color and  
extended grays targets with the resulting linear workflow that  
incorporates both targets.

A second area of improvement is the speed for reading the targets. It  
feels as if the time to measure each patch is a third to one half the  
time previously required.

Display calibration has always been a straightforward process with the  
Spyder software and this has not changed.

Spyder3Studio SR is not inexpensive, but it is a great value when  
compared to its competitors. This is definitely a 5 moose product.



Thanks, Bruce!

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...



Datacolor
www.datacolor.com/Spyder3




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