Description of Datacolor Spyder Pro

• Datacolor Spyder Pro is for creative individuals who want to ensure that the images or videos they create, edit, and view on their screens are reproduced as accurately as possible in terms of color. Manual calibration of a screen (laptop/desktop) is the first crucial step to achieve this. It ensures a color-accurate starting point for editing, allowing users to express their creative vision and share their work, digitally and in print, as precisely as possible for an authentic connection to their audience.
  
  Although screens and displays may come factory-set, it is important to calibrate your screen to support their specific workflow and ensure that the color remains accurate over time. You should calibrate your screens at least every other week and before starting any color-critical work. With Datacolor SpyderPro, calibration only takes about 90 seconds.
  
  Now, SpyderPro can calibrate an even broader range of screens, including the latest technologies such as OLED, mini-LED, Apple Liquid Retina XDR, and high-brightness displays, allowing users to optimize color richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights, and brightness flexibility. Additional features like SpyderPro’s StudioMatch and SpyderTune ensure color continuity across multiple screens, whether using one or more computers. The Datacolor Device PreviewTM Beta function gives you an impression of how your images will appear on other devices without having to use the actual devices. You can also use this feature to soft-proof how your prints will look for a specific printer model, paper, and ink, and printing press using an ICC printer profile.
  
  

  Should I choose Datacolor Spyder or Datacolor SpyderPro

  The two devices are similar in many aspects, but there is a difference. Therefore, we have also created a comparison chart, which you can find above under images. The main difference is the screen's "Luminance." Many newer screens have high Luminance and you can only use the Pro model for them. But check the comparison chart and choose the one that's right for you.

• System Requirements:

  
  
  • Win 10 32/64, Win 11
  
  • Mac OS X 10.14 – macOS 14
  
  • Monitor resolution 1280x768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24-bit recommended), 1GB of available RAM, 500MB of available hard disk
  
  • Internet connection for software download and activation
  
  

  Supported Languages:

  
  
  English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese,
  
  Traditional Chinese, Korean
  
  

  What’s Included:

  
  
  • SpyderPro Sensor
  
  • Serial Number
  
  • Welcome Card with link to software and support resources
  
  • USB-A Adapter