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1. sssssnssununnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnrnrsrsnrerrrrnrnnenrnrnnnnrnrnr 17 CIm roa Grav Balancing sriemenmani eeraa ne E A EEE AET 17 REE EE E E E E E E E E E E E 18 Custom Measurement Values s sssssssssssssssnssssnnnsnesssnsssnesessnnsnensnnerennnenesnsnsnene 18 Camera Calibration and Camera DNG Prof ile S ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennes 18 Using SpyderCheckr with SpyderCube ssssssssssesssessnesnnnsusnnnnnnnunnnnnnsnensnensnnnne 18 Using SpyderCheckr with other software s s sssesesessrsssennnnsnsnrunerensnrnrnrnnrenrnrnrnnne 19 MONG I O aerea a E EE 19 2 Page datacolor mmmmmm Introduction a lt a As the digital imaging market evolves and the color management process becomes streamlined the demand for affordable accurate and easy to use calibration solutions across the photographic workflow has increased Datacolor s core strategy is to leverage our intimate knowledge of the photographer s digital workflow to create color management and calibration tools dedicated to helping photographers express their vision save time and reduce costs Datacolor will continue our tradition of photographer oriented products and meet the market needs with our new SpyderCheckr and SpyderCheckr Pro SpyderCheckr provides a fast reliable method of color calibrating your camera and lens combinations It allows photographers to obtain more consistent more accurate color within their standard RAW processing wo2. Shooting the SpyderCheckr ssssssssssssesssssssnsssnnnsnssssnsnenesssnsnsnesnssnsnnenennerenenesne 9 SpyderCheckr Software Download and Installation sessssssasenersrrrrerererrnrennrrrrnne 9 SOWNO DPA CS asrni A EE E E ET E EE E EA 9 SeA E a TT E A E A E N E E O E E E E E E E 10 Configuring LIgNrOOM cstsccesscceanawnansesertantantnnanacetagseedsennssnaranmtagrinnieceneeraaemennns 10 Opening tne Target SO rsriersen i an E 10 AdjJust ung the Target SN Ol aces ceguasnia spesactsraen saan hans araanesenangsaeterassaannsanesueawenesaeeaes 10 Saving the Target for use in SpyderCheckr Application cccccceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeenees 12 Launching the SpyderCheckr Application cccccceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneueeeetegueeetsegees 13 Processing your Target SMOL seceasswctegduntainet oncan pee Gomnrnniacs r EEr E EAST Era aan 14 SPY Gel CMCC MOOS osrerosni Tendr niren na EEA ERE E 15 Using your new Calibration s sssssesssssssrrnrrsnsrsnrnnrnnnnrnnnnnrnrnrnnnrnrnrnrnrnrnenrnrnrnne 15 Creating Multiple Lightsource Calibrations cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteseeeeteeeeeeeneagenees 16 Adjusting your Calibration Preset wccrcdinsasoinseccsuedsasesiaasiacboneascdeatersinetessananeteenns 16 SpyderCheckr Gray Target ssssssssssessssssnssssnnnsnssssnsnsnesessennensenennorenenenesnsnsnene 17 Visual Gray Comparisons sicsicsteiorsaadeeasentinatenusduasaensansinadeunpiendeepecntiealeneenieaeoss 17 Checking your Display s Neutrality
3. built for the same camera and a series of three new calibration presets will be created which offer increased precision for light sources between the original sources Adjusting your Calibration Preset The SpyderCheckr color calibration adjustments are visible in Lightroom or ACR in the Hue Saturation Brightness section This makes it easy for the user to make adjustments to the calibration For example if your printer prints skies that tend to be too purple under some lighting conditions and you need to avoid adding too much magenta ink to the skytones you can adjust the blue sliders in the HSL section to control this Or if your method of lighting portrait shots requires a different degree of saturation in the skintones then the orange sliders in HSL can be adjusted to meet those needs The edited settings can then be saved under a new name to provide a customized color calibration preset Saturation Luminance Saturation Luminancs 16 Page datacolor mam SpyderCheckr Gray Target as The inverse face of each Checkr target sheet holds the neutral target patches These patches consist of the same gray ramp in 10 steps as the color face of the target All colored patches have been removed to allow for improved neutral preception by the viewer An enlarged 50 gray patch has been added to allow for uses requiring a larger gray sample Visual Gray Comparisons The SpyderCheckr Gray Target can be used for various types of
4. visual comparisons Please keep in mind that visual comparisons of neutrals is a very subtle process and that it cannot work effectively if bright colors are in the field of view That s why we provide the Gray Targets on a separate face as viewing the neutral patches on the Color Target sides will not offer precise results Be sure to eliminate colored elements from all other visual fields which you intend to compare to the Checkr s Gray Target Checking your Display s Neutrality Its possible to use the SpyderCheckr Gray Target to validate the neutrality of your monitors Place the Checkr with the Gray Target visible against a neutral background under a medium color temperature high CRI proofing light or ina proofing box that is visible at the same time as your monitor Dimming ambient lighting avoidance of backlight and avoidance of colored objects in your field of view are all important to this process As your eye adapts to the gray balance of the SpyderCheckr shift your gaze to a totally neutral image on a totally neutral background on your display the Black and White images in the Datacolor SpyderProof Matrix image are intended for this type of use Shift your gaze back and forth carefully between the Checkr and the screen and see if the screen appears to have a different color tone from the neutrals in the Checkr If so you may wish to change your calibration target for your display to provide neutrals that will match those under you
5. Preferences and in the External Editing pane in the Additional External Editor section choose the SpyderCheckr Editing Preset which is installed as part of the SpyderCheckr software installation or set manually to Application gt Choose and navigate to the SpyderCheckr app in the SpyderCheckr folder in your Datacolor Folder in the Applications folder on the Mac If you set this manually you will also need to set the other Additional External Editor settings to File Format gt Tiff and Color Space gt AdobeRGB Opening the Target Shot Download your target shot and open in Lightroom or ACR as you would with any RAW image Adjusting the Target Shot Cropping is done with Lightroom or ACR s crop tool Crop to the four white dots just outside of the patch area Use the rotate function of the crop tool to straighten the target image Activating Lightroom 3 s lens profile function will reduce lens distortion in your target shot but this is not really necessary 10 Page datacolor Color Black amp White As Shot White Balance Selector W Any of the light or medium gray patches can be used to gray balance white balance your image in Lightroom or ACR The 20 gray patch E2 is recommended Use the white balance eyedropper tool in Lightroom s Develop mode or from the upper tool pallette in ACR Click on the desired gray patch Color Black amp White As Shot Next look at RGB values or Percentages of the White pa
6. an magenta and yellow zones to improve the coverage of the inside of the color gamut There are three near white tints and three near black tones for checking color tints and tones at both ends of the dynamic range And the gray ramp has been increased from the standard 20 steps to 10 steps plus extra samples at 5 and 95 to provide a more detailed gray ramp 7 Page datacolor mam www dofocolor com SpyderCheckr Patch Groups Grays proceed from white E1 down to black E6 in 20 steps The extra patches that provide 10 steps are patches D2 to D6 A zigzag path from A1 to A6 will cover the 10 gray ramp in order An additional 95 patch is located at D1 and an additional 5 patch is located at C6 for more detail near white and black The same 10 ramp patches are also repeated on the back of the chart with a large 50 gray patch for special uses requiring neutrals only to be visible Skintones are located in a band from C1 to C5 plus B4 plus the two standard skintones at H5 and H6 Near white tints in Red Green and Blue tints are located at B1 B2 and B3 Near black tones in Red Green and Blue tones are located at B4 B5 and B Medium saturation patches in RGBCM amp Y take up the entire column A A1 A6 Full saturation patches are in columns F G and H Mounting Options The SpyderCheckr has a standard tripod mount on the base This allows very flexible mounting at any height or angle desired However it s also pos
7. datacolor mum Spyder cHECckr The smarter color reference User s Guide Sept 2010 datacolor maa Table of Contents Kainga eiiie n OM acetate aantrnseu nana aeananneeeusaanteeaiaeecetseeiewenteteseaaiecseasinetiadses uiteneesssawntes 3 Problem Solution Feature Benefit cccccsseccceeceeeececeeueeenseuueeueeenseuuuuruesnnsaags 4 The SpyderCheckr Pro includes cccccceeccscnseeeeeeeccesnneeeeessccunnaeeesssaunanneeesegens 5 Operating Requirements cerstensscentetonseeastsewectanres andesensaeeneneetetecernsseuewectaaneteaneies 5 PrOGUCT A Vala DINS sactscrnsanane slacancenamaienii geese cuenta taqaneceuiaaaoenbantenonnersesatuesnees 5 Camera Calibration Tools Compared cccc cece cece scene eee ee esses eee e eee eeeeeee eee eeeeanneees 6 A Tour of the SpyderCheckr Workflow cccccceeeseeseeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnas 7 Tine SOY GCFOMECKE TGE wiicccevecuanacr estes ceeaeuateasastantenceseeusteantorsasaninarsesianeetewesees 7 Pacem Ol id UIGUION asscotuesuetaaateeniassenctumatemenecesnmmuceneaaneceuaran anche E E OE EA 7 COF Fab C NGS wane acectawtecresstangentucecoueniced senate lamencuese ded eed ladoaeuontaeesrevostutenaueineees 7 SpyderCheckr Patch GrOUDPS ssccssiccasctcacscanscreretantdvesnntorsdennentesderrsesaretartiainesteawates 8 MOUNTO OPON scectecostcecccaenectaceos EE EEEE EEE 8 NSCS E E E T E O E T E T E E T E 8 Honung the SOY Ger CNC siririsrsrisorreoie rinier einiino eiai 8
8. e Skin Tones ae Targets aoe re Features HSL Color HSL Color DNG Profile Color Adjustment Calibration file Calibration file i None None No Adjustment Method Easily Easily Tools Adjustable Color Reference Tete Balance Balance Exposure Setting amp Lrmited Verification Camera Calibration Aa Not Included Not Included Se datacolor mmmmmm A Tour of the SpyderCheckr Workflow i on Serious photography uses RAW format images and RAW import software to process it The goal of SpyderCheckr is to provide camera calibration that fits conveniently into that RAW workflow and which is easy to adjust as desired to meet your own needs The SpyderCheckr Target The SpyderCheckr closes for storage opens like a book and stays securely in its fully open position Each half of the Checkr has a frame which holds a target sheet in place By opening these frames you can invert the target sheets to display their gray face This will provide the SpyderCheckr Gray Target for visual comparisons to other neutrals or for other tasks such as In Camera White Balance In their usual Color Chart configuration the SpyderCheckr can be used for visual color comparisons as well as with a number of third party software packages for camera profiling and other tasks But the most common use is with our own SpyderCheckr software to create camera calibrations Patch Formulation The patches in SpyderCheckr are pigment based colors with carefull
9. e camera manufacturers go through a lot of trouble to manipulate the data so you get a realistic image But there is a lot going on that you have no knowledge or control of Solution Color control and consistency requires a color reference tool to account for these variations Adding color management at the capture stage of your digital workflow assures consistency and accuracy from day to day as well as from camera to camera A custom camera profile enables you to apply a translation that compensates for the characteristics of the light source and sensors to give a more accurate color reproduction in your images Feature Decrease trial and error color adjustment by correcting color automatically as part of your image import workflow SpyderCheckr gives you the color reference to capture true color in your photo shoot create a custom camera calibration and perform precision in camera white balance Benefit SpyderCheckr helps capture consistent color from day to day and camera to camera and apply these results easily in your workflow with RAW import software such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom The sturdy eco friendly design has 48 spectrally engineered color patches easy to use calibration software making post production quicker by getting consistent predictable color right from the start 4 Page datacolor ma The SpyderCheckr includes Spyder cHeckr SpyderCheckr SpyderCheckr Software CD Quick Start Gu
10. ely reduces the color saturation of the skintone components to make portrait processing easier The effects of these modes are subtle and may not be noticeable on some images Using your new Calibration gt Lightroom Presets gt al User Presets 5dmkll A23b Colori S5DMkIl A23c Col SDmklil a23c Port SdMkIil A23C Sat Relaunch Lightroom or ACR your calibration data will NOT be available to you until you quit and restart Lightroom or ACR and select an image shot with the same camera or camera and lens combination Apply your preset from the User Presets list in the Develop mode of Lightroom or from Load Settings in the popdown menu to the right of the mode name Basic etc in ACR The changes from applying your calibration data should be subtle the better your camera s native color the less effect the calibration will produce Once you have examined the results on a number of images of different types and made sure it offers what you need you can apply it to multiple images at once in Lightroom by selecting the images and then choosing the Preset For ACR applying settings to multiple images is done in Adobe Bridge 15 Page datacolor Creating Multiple Lightsource Calibrations Combine Lightroom Presets Sdmklil A23b C Sdmkll A23b S ae Cancel SpyderCheckr s Tools menu contains commands for creating multiple calibrations from any two existing Lightroom or ACR calibration presets Choose any two presets
11. he software Some third party software will offer direct support for the SpyderCheckr target and standard measurement files for it in future versions More Info Please visit our website for more information on SpyderCheckr and our other products http spyder datacolor com index us ph 19 Page
12. ide Supported Languages English Spanish French German Italian Russian Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Korean Japanese orowe The SpyderCheckr Pro includes SpydercHECckr PRO SpyderCheckr SpyderCheckr Software CD SpyderCube Protective Pouch for SpyderCube Lanyard for SpyderCube Quick Start Guides Supported Languages English Spanish French German Italian Russian Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Korean Japanese Operating Requirements XP Vista Win 7 Mac OS X 10 4 128MB of available RAM 100MB of available hard disk space Adobe Lightroom Photoshop Elements or ACR Product availability Pre Orders taken the end of August 2010 Worldwide launch Photokina Germany Sept 2010 Photo Plus NY Oct 2010 5 Page datacolor maa Camera Calibration Tools Compared Pro Tool Flexibility Rating Datacolor X Rite X Rite X Rite General Pataco lon owe spyder hede ColorChecker ColorChecker ColorChecker Information SpyderCheckr b ro Digital SG Classic Passport Suggested Retail Price TE 00y DUS 169 NETS eos 09 77 00 99 00 Material Construction Rigid Resin Body Rigid Resin Body Cardboard Cardboard Camera Calibration Ves Yes Yes Software Target Features Number of Target 48 48 140 only 96 24 24 Colors Larae Large unique patches Very Large Very Small Patch Size g g A Small Y g y Spectrally Formulated Colors Extensiv
13. izontal Open as Layers in Photoshop Flip Vertical Set Flag Set Rating p Set Color Label e Auto Advance Set Keyword Change Keywords Develop Settings Delete Photo Remove and Trash Photo DiE KE Delete Rejected Photos ee Launching the SpyderCheckr Application Checkr will auto launch if you have set it up correctly in Lightroom and will open with your target image already imported into Checkr Choose Edit a Copy with Lightroom Presets to assure that your whitebalance and exposure adjustments are included in the exported file For ACR go to the Checkr application s folder double click on the Checkr app and it will launch itself Now drag your target file from the desktop into Checkr to import you can also use the Open command from the menu datacolor mam 13 Page datacolor Processing your Target Shot g oO AFA SpyderCheckr 1 0 SpydercHeckr datacolor m Camera Utility Use the Camera Utility to Calibrate Your Camera Your Target image has been The Target samples should be near the center of each patch To align click and drag markers oll Mode Save To Lightroom g Save To ACR Save Calibration MacHD1 Applications Datacolor SpyderCheckr Samplelmage jpg The sampling squares should already be pretty well placed within the correct patches of your Target shot if you shot and cropped appropriately If not you can drag on a
14. ny edge or corner of the image area to adjust the fit The colors inside the sampling squares should be a somewhat less saturated version of the patch colors If the patch and sample colors are of different colors check that your target image is not upside down sideways or inverted SpyderCheckr 1 0 SpydercHEckr datacolor Camera Utility Your Target image has been oaded Ti 2 Target samples should be ar e center of each patch e To alic 1 click and drag markers Save To ACR MacHD1 Users cdtobie Desktop Samplelmage180 jpg Once you have reviewed the location and orientation of the target image click on the Save Calibration To button and your calibration corrections will be calculated You will have selected ACR or LR in advance and will now be prompted to name your new calibration preset This should include the name of the camera and might include other data such as lightsource or lens used 14 Page datacolor maa SpyderCheckr Modes a5 Saturation UOPCHE v Colorimetric Portrait Save To Lightroom Save To ACR Save Calibration In SpyderCheckr s Preferences pane you will find a popdown list of mode choices The three modes are described below Colorimetric mode should offer the most literal results and is best when attempting to reproduce artwork or product colors Saturation mode offers results which are generally more pleasing for many types of images Portrait mode selectiv
15. r proofing light In Camera Gray Balancing Shoot the Gray Target face of the SpyderCheckr in your camera s White Balance or Gray Balance mode to produce an in camera color balance for the lighting conditions under which you have shot the Checkr This will assure that your initial view of images quick exports to Jpg or images downloaded directly to the iPad will have the intended color balance and will assist in assuring that you do not overexpose as you shoot The mix of several levels of gray in the Gray Target will provide a more global balance than shooting just one density of gray Shooting the center section of the Gray Target will further enhance this multi level function 17 Page datacolor ma FadeCheckr FadeCheckr The FadeCheckr patch is there to assist users in determining how much light exposure their SpyderCheckr target has had and also serves to remind users to keep the target closed when not in use It is designed to fade from red to yellow after the equivalent of 30 days of full sun in the US Southwestern desert This degree of exposure is sufficient to justify either replacing your Checkr Target Sheets new sets will be available for purchase from Datacolor com or remeasuring the Target patches so that you have accurate data on their current colors This can be done with Spyder3Print SR see section on Custom Measurement Values Custom Measurement Values Users wishing to create a custom measurement set to replace o
16. r update the universal patch measurements provided with the SpyderCheckr software can do so with Spyder3Print SR also a component of Spyder3Studio SR using the new SpyderCheckr target option to produce a custom measurement set for your target This custom measurement set can then be selected in your SpyderCheckr software to update the software s measurement values from the universal values that were supplied with the software to your new custom measurement set This feature will not be available until the v4 5 version of the Spyder3Print SR software but users can build measurement sets with the Measure Tool s Export Mode in earlier versions Camera Calibration and Camera DNG Profiles The SpyderCheckr software provides camera calibration which makes canned or custom DNG camera profiles unnecessary for most types of photography It is recommended that the Adobe Standard option be selected in the camera profile popdown list in Lightroom and ACR This is the default choice and the only option available in most cases unless canned or custom profiles have been imported by the user It is possible to use any profile as the basis for SpyderCheckr calibration but its important to remember what profile was in place when the calibration was created and to use that same profile when processing images through the resulting camera calibration preset Using SpyderCheckr with SpyderCube Once a camera calibration has been produced and is being u
17. rkflow in Lightroom Photoshop Elements and Bridge SpyderCheckr Pro package includes SpyderCube for capturing custom white balance neutrality data from multiple lightsources and correcting highlight and shadow details Photographers speak in terms of emotion and are passionate about their images in one way or another The entry level DSLR owner is excited to capture images of their children family events and vacations The Advanced amateurs are passionate about their imaging and they aspire to have their work look professional The pro photographer is both skilled and passionate and makes a living with their creative vision They all want easy to use solutions for their digital workflows They all want optimized images and accurate color from their shots to their displays and in their final prints Datacolor gives amateur and professional photographers calibration tools they can depend on Spyder products allow them to faithfully reproduce on their computer displays and in their final prints to what they captured with their cameras Datacolor products offer a more efficient digital workflow and allow users to achieve their creative vision quickly and accurately without having to become color gurus SpydercHeckr 3 Page datacolor mam Problem Solution Feature Benefit Problem Every camera make model and individual chip records color in different ways These camera sensors do not see the same as our eyes and th
18. sed to process images from that camera in Lightroom or ACR it is then possible to coordinate this workflow with the SpyderCube The Cube can be used in the standard manner to determine the optimum whitepoint exposure black level and other basic light condition settings for a series of 18 Page datacolor maa images The resulting adjustments can be applied separately from applying the SpyderCheckr color calibration preset or for convenience the SpyderCube adjustments can be built on top of the SpyderCheckr preset and saved as a composite Color Lighting correction preset This workflow eliminates the need to carry a color target with you and avoids building color calibration from casual site shots of a color target It is much simpler to shoot the SpyderCube on location if the lighting conditions are challenging and combining that with a carefully built SpoyderCheckr color calibration preset Using SpyderCheckr with other software The SpyderCheckr target can be used with third party software products as well To utilize it with software designed to accept the standard 24 patches measure the patches in the appropriate order which varies with different software by measuring the last four columns E H in the appropriate pattern to produce the needed patch order To use all 48 patches in software which allows custom patch sets measure all 48 patches in whatever order is appropriate Save your custom measurement set in the format required by t
19. sible to place the target on a table or shelf for simple uses it will stand upright in stable locations There is also a standard tripod stud at the top of the SpyderCheckr spine This can be used to mount a SpyderCube but also offers further mounting options Uses There are numerous uses for a color target and SpyderCheckr can be used for many of these including both visual and digital capture functions A number of software products which utilize color targets can be adapted to work with the SpyderCheckr and support for the SpyderCheckr target in such applications should begin to be available shortly after the initial release of the SpyderCheckr product Lighting the SpyderCheckr Mount the SpyderCheckr or place in a stable location Light it from a 45 degree angle The ideal way to light a target is to use a single lightsource with no reflector or diffuser from a long distance This assures that all portions of the target will have the same amount and and color of light reducing fall off and color variation across the width of a target A good fluorescent proofing lamp placed in front of the target with the bulb along the length of the target shining down from above at 45 degrees will offer even light The perfect light source in terms of color quality as well as being a point source at a great distance is the sun but the sun comes with an automatic second light source diffused and of a very different color called sky light So if
20. tch E1 Adjust the exposure slider until the white patch lists as approximately 90 in Lightroom or about RGB 230 230 230 in ACR Next check the black E6 The Blacks adjustment or in some cases the Shadows adjustment is used to set the black value to 4 in Lightroom or RGB 10 10 10 in ACR If the value is below this level it may be best to leave it as shot or reshoot with brighter illumination 11 Page datacolor mam Colo r B ac k a Wh ite As Shot Saving the Target for use in SpyderCheckr Application If you configured SpyderCheckr as optional editing app in Lightroom you can trigger the export of your gray balanced black and white adjusted cropped image by going to Menu gt Photo gt Edit In gt SpyderCheckr available in any Mode but you will typically be in Develop mode If you are using ACR you will need to save the image to the desktop or some other appropriate location Save as a Tiff file in AdobeRGB 12 Page aee Metadata View Window Help Add to Quick Collection and Next 7B Zoom In on Loupe Show in Finder sR Go to Folder in Library Lock to Second Monitor TH Edit In Edit in Adobe Photoshop CSS aE Edit in SpyderCheckr app XSE Stacking Create Virtual Copy Set Copy as Master SpyderCheckr Export Preset Open as Smart Object in Photoshop Rotate Left CCW Merge to Panorama in Photoshop Rotate Right CW Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop Flip Hor
21. ts you will do your RAW import through Adobe CameraRaw ACR then you will need to launch the Checkr software manually as there is no auto launch option in ACR If you typically use some other RAW import tool you ll need to use ACR to create your calibrations Once created you can then use the Sidecar file from ACR in any other application which honors the Adobe Sidecar file format and the adjustments it contains Software Updates The software update option in the SpyderCheckr application accessable in Preferences is on by default When Datacolor posts a new build of the software on your next launch it will tell you there is an update available and offer to take you to the Datacolor website to download it 9 Page datacolor mam Serialization Your serial number is on the CD inside your package Please place this sticker in an easy to find location for future reference Our software uses a web based activation process so its simplest to install and activate our software from an internet connected computer Configuring Lightroom Additional External Editor Preset SpyderCheckr Export Preset req Application SpyderCheckr app Choose Clear i I Ti E i The AdobeRGB 1998 color space cannot encompass the full range Pno Foram mr of colors available within Lightroom Color Space AdobeRGB 1998 B Bit Depth 16 bits component D Resolution 240 Compression None B Go to Menu gt Lightroom gt
22. y formulated spectral values to offer optimal spectral formulations for color patches and extremely spectrally neutral black white and gray patches The patches are long life and produced to tight tolerances so that replacement sheets for your ColorCheckr will provide similar colors many years from now to what the original patches represent today A ColorCheckr which sees only light usage will be usable indefinitely But for heavier use or cases where the patches become scratched worn or soiled over time replacement sheets are available for purchase from the Datacolor webstore Please avoid touching the patches in your SpyderCheckr as oils from the skin can effect the patch color and texture Color Patches The color patches in the right half of the SpyderCheckr represent the standard 24 colors used in a variety of color products These patches are near or within the sRGB gamut to avoid gamut clipping and assure usability with a wide range of capture display and output devices The order that various software programs read these standard 24 colors varies but the SpyderCheckr provides them in a serpentine pattern such that reading down one column and up the next will produce the usual measurement order The color patches in the left half of the SpyderCheckr represent additional colors targeting several specific uses There are six additional skintones for a total of eight There are six medium saturation color patches in the red green blue cy
23. you shoot the target using sunlight its best to do it under an overhang where there is minimal skylight involved 8 Page datacolor maa Shooting the SpyderCheckr Don t fill up the whole viewfinder frame with the target because distortion vignetting and dirt are worst at the corners Its best to shoot the target with a generous amount of border and crop it down later Make sure the camera is directly in front of the target Look closely at the shape the target makes if the rectangle is wider at the top or bottom or taller at one end than the other you are not squarely in front of the target A tripod can be useful Autofocus produces excellent results Fully Automatic settings are fine though Aperture Priority or full Manual settings are also good for those who are comfortable with them It is important to shoot in the camera s RAW format if it offers one Take a few frames at different settings if you are unsure of any of the variables SpyderCheckr Software Download and Installation Download and install the SpyderCheckr software for your platform from the Datacolor website Run the installer See section on Serialization below This will install a folder in your Datacolor applications folder named SpyderCheckr In that folder you ll find an application named SpyderCheckr but Lightroom users won t need to launch it from there in general use it will be self launching once you have configured Lightroom If you use Photoshop or Elemen
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