Difference between spectraview II and spectraview profiler

[nsr500rossi]

Can anyone tell me the difference..

Thanks

Mike

[digitaldog]

The big difference is SpectraView allows you to calibrate using an instrument where as Profiler uses the data measured at the factory off a very high end instrument. Then there’s the PIP and ‘soft proofing’ options in Profiler.

[nsr500rossi]

Thanks

But now i am even more confused!

You say spectraview allows you to calibrate using an instrument ..what do you mean, both allow that, both are called spectraview..

Obviously the interfaces are different, but what else, which is best and why do they provide 2 versions

Sorry if i am being stupid..

Mike

[digitaldog]

see: http://www.necdisplay.com/support-and-services/multi-profiler/Overview

[nsr500rossi]

Thanks

One last question, is basiccolor the same as profiler ..can basiccolor hardware calibrate the 2490 or is it best to use spectraview II

Thanks again

M

[digitaldog]

One last question, is basiccolor the same as profiler ..can basiccolor hardware calibrate the 2490 or is it best to use spectraview II

No.

[gromit]

The big difference is SpectraView allows you to calibrate using an instrument where as Profiler uses the data measured at the factory off a very high end instrument. Then there’s the PIP and ‘soft proofing’ options in Profiler.

You're confusing MultiProfiler with SpectraView Profiler. Different animals. SpectraView Profiler is an NEC-branded version of basICColor display.

[shewhorn]

I have both Spectraview II and Spectraview Profiler (which is available to people who own a BasICColor Display license... they are essentially the same).

Big differences are...

They are completely different applications developed by completely different teams. The only similarities they share are that 1) they wave the NEC flag and 2) they are calibration and profiling applications. Spectraview Profiler (as mentioned) is BasICColor Display. I don't know who wrote Spectraview II.

Matrix vs. LUT based profiles - SV II generates Matrix based profiles, SV Profiler can do LUT based profiles in addition to Matrix based profiles. Although LUT based profiles are technically more accurate, ultimately I don't feel that SV Profiler has any huge advantages over SVII in that specific regard.

Eye One Pro - I believe Spectraview II does a much better job with shadow details when using an Eye One Pro spectrophotometer. I noticed that SV II spends a little more time on the blacks so it has a longer integration time when taking measurements in the shadows with the Eye One Pro and as such I find the shadow detail to be more neutral with SVII. If you're using a colorimeter... there's no difference there.

Calibrating non-NEC monitors. SV Profiler will profile non-NEC monitors. SV II will only work with NEC Spectraview compatible monitors.

Validation - SV Profiler provides a little more information with regards to profile validation. Both display average an max dE but SVII doesn't really specify what it is reporting so if you see a measurement with high error... is it a color, is it greyscale? What? I don't know. While both show bar graphs with the error for each measured patch, SV Profiler's graph is (gasp) color coded (imagine that :lol: ) so it's pretty obvious as to what you're looking at.

Again, they are completely different applications so as an example it's kind of like asking "what's the difference between Color Eyes Display Pro and the Spyder3 Elite"? Fortunately, either one will do a great job. If you're using an Eye One Pro I'd lean towards SVII, otherwise they both work quite effectively.

Cheers, Joe

[nsr500rossi]

Ahhh all is clear now, thank you.

Have just got myself an i1 pro

I am attempting to calibrate my macbook air (which is fun as the i1 is bigger than the screen haha)

Any advice, should i set it to d65 or 6500k, i have tried adjusting the brightness to 100 (so i can a closer match to my prints, which are printed on an 7800 with imageprint but the screen is very dark, this is setting iprofiler to a brightness of 100

Just to add, i am awaiting delivery of a 2690 monitor for proper viewing, but i would like to get the air to be as close as possible

Thanks

Mike

[jed best]

If you have a NEC branded wide gamut puck and a PA series monitor, which produces the more consistent results, Spectraview II or Profiler?

[digitaldog]

You're confusing MultiProfiler with SpectraView Profiler. Different animals. SpectraView Profiler is an NEC-branded version of basICColor display.

Indeed, my bad. I saw Profiler but didn’t look closely enough at the first bit (SpectraView).