Best free monitor color calibration software: Hello, I purchased a new Dell Monitor last year and I finally put it up. At the last meeting of my photography group it was discussed that...

gloryg Loc: New York

Hello,

I purchased a new Dell Monitor last year and I finally put it up.

At the last meeting of my photography group it was discussed that it was a very good idea to have color calibration software.

Anyone have any suggestions to which one of the free monitor color calibration software my be good?

Thank you

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

free = none

But, what model of Dell monitor? It's possible new top line technology is calibrated out of the box.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

gloryg wrote:

Hello,

I purchased a new Dell Monitor last year and I finally put it up.

At the last meeting of my photography group it was discussed that it was a very good idea to have color calibration software.

Anyone have any suggestions to which one of the free monitor color calibration software my be good?

Thank you

I've never calibrated a monitor, but then, I don't print a lot of photos. Here are some links, but there are lots of others on YouTube.

Free
https://improvephotography.com/4440/how-to-color-calibrate-your-monitor-for-photo-editing/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-calibrate-your-monitor/

Not free
https://photographylife.com/how-to-calibrate-your-monitor
https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-calibrate-your-monitor/
https://fstoppers.com/education/ultimate-screen-calibration-guide-8009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkHDzE4bj5s

BebuLamar

You can not calibrate the monitor with only software. You need some sensor to measure the color and light intensity from the monitor. If you buy the sensor they give you the software.

Bill_de Loc: US

It's been a long time since I installed Photoshop so this may no longer exist. During setup they would show a screen with a number of versions of the same image. When you selected the image that looked best it created a profile that was set every time you started the computer.

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Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

gloryg wrote:

Hello,

I purchased a new Dell Monitor last year and I finally put it up.

At the last meeting of my photography group it was discussed that it was a very good idea to have color calibration software.

Anyone have any suggestions to which one of the free monitor color calibration software my be good?

Thank you

All displays are factory calibrated. But settings drift over time, and I don't know of a single display that doesn't benefit from monthly profiling.

There are no free tools to do this. But there are quite a few free tools to check if your display is in need of profiling. You need to profile to a known standard, and the free stuff doesn't do that.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

gloryg wrote:

Hello,

I purchased a new Dell Monitor last year and I finally put it up.

At the last meeting of my photography group it was discussed that it was a very good idea to have color calibration software.

Anyone have any suggestions to which one of the free monitor color calibration software my be good?

Thank you

I'm not aware of any free calibration software!

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Gene51 wrote:

All displays are factory calibrated. But settings drift over time, and I don't know of a single display that doesn't benefit from monthly profiling.

There are no free tools to do this. But there are quite a few free tools to check if your display is in need of profiling. You need to profile to a known standard, and the free stuff doesn't do that.

No that is not correct, very, very few monitors are factory calibrated!

Bobsphoto

Can any decent monitor be calibrated? I have an ASUS that has good color, but not sure if it can be calibrated with the proper tools.

lsupremo Loc: Palm Desert, CA

Somewhere I saw a utube that showed how to calibrate a monitor with a cell phone taped to the monitor. I looked to find it but struck out, maybe you can find it.