Datacolor Spyder X2 Print Studio Kit with Spyder Print Spectrocolorimeter

Designed for photographers seeking maximum control of their entire photographic workflow from capture, to editing, to print.

Spyder X2 Print Studio Value Proposition
Datacolor Spyder X2 Print Studio is the essential all-in-one photographic workflow solution for precision control from capture, through editing to print. This cost-saving suite of tools ($203 total savings) that comes in a protective metal case, ensures your photos are captured accurately, your monitors display precise colors in any lighting conditions and your prints are perfect every time.

Spyder X2 Print Studio Features/Benefits:
This essential, all-in-one, cost-saving suite of tools ensures your photos are captured accurately, your monitors display precise colors, and your prints are perfect every time. For photographers seeking maximum control of their entire photographic workflow from capture, to editing, to print.

- Spyder X2 Ultra Color Calibration -
Color calibration tool for display monitors. Perfect for photographers, videographers, digital designers, content creators and HDR content producers/consumers with HDR/high brightness monitors/advanced calibration needs who may run multiple displays on one or more computers. Ideal for tethered shooting; outdoor shoots where bright monitors attached to a computer are essential; location shooting (photo or video) landscape photography; outdoor portraiture; in studio; on location.

New Spyder X2 unleashes your reach to new color horizons for photos and videos, allowing for precision monitor color calibration throughout an expansive range of brightness levels.

We've remastered our Spyder X software and expanded our sensor capabilities to deliver our most versatile monitor color calibration tool to date.

How to Determine Your Monitor's cd/sq. m or NITs
The brightness capability of your monitor screen (expressed as cd/sq. m or NITs) can usually be found on its packaging box or the manufacturer's website. The following link may also be helpful.

Advanced Display Mapping & Analysis
Get a better understanding of the color, brightness, contrast, gamut, tone response and white point of your monitors. You can also check screen brightness, color uniformity, and display color accuracy.

Side-by-side Multiple Computer/Display Calibration
Studio Match provides simultaneous side-by-side calibration for multiple computers/displays. Ensures consistent and accurate color reproduction across multiple connected monitors with most monitor types.

Video and Cinema Targets
• Experience a more concise user interface (UI) experience
• Includes video calibration targets Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020

Unlimited Calibration Settings
Starting with industry-standard presets, you can customize settings to meet all your calibration needs, including fully customizable gamma curves, white point, and brightness settings.

Soft Proofing
Allows you to simulate other displays and devices on your calibrated screen. For printers, you can see how prints will look for a specific printer model, paper and ink, and upload ICC printer profiles.

Room Light Monitoring
An integrated ambient light sensor measures your room light throughout the day allowing you to adjust your display brightness and contrast to ideal levels. The software can either warn you to recalibrate or do it automatically using custom profiles based on light level.

Note: Make sure HDR mode is turned off before calibrating your monitor to avoid inaccurate results.

Features
• Lens-based, expanded X2 sensor capabilities allows for enhanced color/brightness range calibration in today's HDR/high-brightness monitor market, up to 2000 nits
• Ideal for both photo and video, as well as digital design, content creation and HDR content production and consumers with high brightness monitor/advanced calibration needs
• Adaptable X2 sensor ensures precision calibration for today's high-brightness monitors, connected TVs and projectors plus ensures ongoing functionality with future technical advances in HDR/high-brightness monitors
• Remastered software provides a cleaner more concise user interface (UI) experience
• New hardware with native USB-C connection. Also includes USB-A adapter for added convenience
• Ultimate color control capabilities (High Brightness Workflow; Video & Cinema Targets (Rec. 709, Rec.2020); Advanced Display Mapping & Analysis; unlimited calibration settings; Soft Proofing; Studio Match for multiple monitor calibration

- Spyder Print Spectrocolorimeter -
Spyder Print lets you create a custom profile for each paper and ink type you use for the most precise color results from your printer. The Spyder Print software creates a fully editable, custom profile to ICC standards. You'll get the most color-accurate reproduction of your image files and reduce ink and paper waste from repeated print outputs while optimizing the performance of your printer.

Interaction monitor & printer
Screen and printer calibration are essential for photographic prints. The monitor should be accurately calibrated to the printer/ink/paper combination for an accurate assessment of the colors as well as the dynamic range of a print to avoid unnecessary cost and frustration.

Printer / Ink Profiles
With Spyder Print, an ICC profile can be created precisely for your individual printer/ink/paper combination. The profile controls the printer so that the colors, gradation and dynamic range of the printed image exactly match the image digitally processed on your calibrated monitor.

Profiling Speed and Accuracy
The spectrocolorimeter delivers custom profiles in minutes with EZ targets for color and black & white. Convenient readings of printed targets assisted by the SpyderGuide help you create profiles easily and accurately.

Features
• Display and Print Matching - Both display and printer calibration are essential for optimal consistency between a print and your display. Spyder Print profiles can be viewed and edited for full control over the print process
• Printer, Ink and Paper Profiles - Create profiles for your printer, ink, and paper combinations. Simply install the software, print your choice of targets, then step through the easy process to measure the target and build a profile
• Speed and Accuracy - Spyder Print's extensive profiling target setups enable you to create custom profiles in minutes using our unique strip-reading and guide system. Target setups range from 225 to 729 patches with an additional option of 240 patches specifically for printers with multiple black inks
• Spyder Proof - Gives you a series of carefully selected images to evaluate the custom profile from a photographer's point of view. The soft proof can be further refined with a feature to neutralize the effect of Optical Brighteners on the rendering. A soft-proofing tool is invaluable for evaluating your new profile
• Advanced Controls/Editing Functions - Further optimize and customize your paper profiles by utilizing Advanced Editing

This feature allows you to customize shadow and highlight, tint and detail, brightness, contrast, saturation, color balance along with proprietary adjustments called PreciseLight Brightness and PreciseLight Temperature.

Advanced Editing includes pre-built presets for rapid adjustment or import your custom developed curves directly into Spyder Print for even greater control.

Note: Any combination of adjustments can be saved for future use as a preset.

- Spyder Cube -
Spyder Cube's unique 3-dimensional design differs from traditional gray cards; it mimics the way light falls on your subject. The 3-dimensional design allows you to see primary and secondary light sources for more precise white balance correction and includes a black trap for an absolute black reference which allows you to set a true black point in an image. Additionally, its chrome ball allows you to see specular highlights.

Features
• Essential for Photo & Video - Spyder Cube is the easy-to-use, portable reference tool for setting your exposure, white balance, white and black point, and contrast right from the start of image editing. Provides accurate correction across shadow and highlight tones. Goes beyond a gray card by letting you set a true black point along with defining your primary light source for accurate white balance correction
• Quick Color Correction - Allows users to instantly color-correct images by setting a color temperature value to neutralize the light source
• Easy-to-Use - Simply take a reference shot with the device under the same light conditions as your photos. Once you've completed your image adjustments, use the Spyder Cube image as a preset to apply settings to the rest of your images within the same lighting. Combine with a Spyder Checkr for additional color and contrast correction references
• Portable and Rugged - Small and portable, Spyder Cube easily fits in your camera bag to take with you on every shoot - whether on location or in studio. Constructed of ABS Cycoloy, a hybrid resin that is fade-proof, extremely durable, shock-resistant, water-resistant, and spectrally neutral to respond to all lighting conditions
• Unique Design - Spyder Cube's smart, 3-D design allows you to hang the device during your photo shoot or attach it to a tripod mount. Spyder Cube mimics the 3-dimensional way light falls on your subject
• Easier RAW Editing - Corrections are made to an image with Spyder Cube through the common tools found in RAW image editors and image editing software