ColorMunki Photo - Monitor, Printer & Projector Profiler
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(3.5 out of 5)
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(2 out of 5)Didn't work for me
I really wanted this to work. Unfortunately the prints looked terrible. I am giving it two stars because Amazon made the return process so easy and the product was easy to use
First, my equipment is an Apple Imac 24, Mac OS 10.4.11. I used the auto monitor calibration and did not see much change, but that wasn't too surprising as I had already calibrated the monitor. I really wanted to do the printer calibration. I have two Epson Photo printers; a 2200 and a 3800. I can get good prints out of them (fantastic prints out of the 3800) but they often don't look exactly like whats on the screen. That was my goal, having a close a match to my screen appearance as to the print. Wasn't even close.
I redid the calibration several times, on both printers and for me, on my system, it did not work. I have read other reviews where they had great luck, but in may case it didn't work.
Amazon was fine about the return and even paid for the return shipping via uPS ground, the Amazon experience was excellent, and the ColorMunki was very easy to use but the printed output was terrible.
(5 out of 5)Colormunki Rocks!
I recently purchased the Colormunki and I had to submit a review. In short I am blown away. I currently use the more expensive EyeOne Photo at work....I think it cost around $1500.00. Well, the Colormunki does a great job, I have used it on my Dell laptop as well as my iMac and both look great.
I then built 2 profiles for some papers I use often. Both profiles revial the ones I made with the EyeOne.
I have not used it for a projector yet, but, from what I have seen I am sure it will be great.
(5 out of 5)Works Great
I recently recieved the ColorMunki Photo as a gift from my wife.
Being that I just got into the whole color management thing I was a little intmidated by the thought of creating my own printer profiles.
Well, the Colormunki software walks you through the whole process. It even make the changes in Photoshop so when I print all I need to do is soft proof it then hit print! I also used it on my Apple cine. display and it never looked better....
(5 out of 5)Great device, but beware: color calibration is not for the meek
I've used a number of color calibration tools, and find the munki to be about the best for the money. (I use it on a Mac Pro with a 30" monitor and an HP B9180 printer.)
Color profiles are very tricky to use on the Mac, and even trickier on Windows. Basically, you need to make very, very sure that you're not correcting the image twice. In Lightroom, for example, there's a pulldown for whether LR or the printer manages its colors. Make sure your setting matches the printer driver's setup! (This is somewhat done for you on the Mac, but not on Windows.)
Lightroom is the easiest tool to use for printing, at least in my experience. Doing it from Photoshop is harder, and you often have to wrestle with the various settings to get it right.
Anyway, I believe this double-correction issue has more to do with the negative reviews than any problems with the device itself. The munki is very, very easy to use. A lot of stuff that would be a lot of work in other tools (e.g. color calibration targets) is all integral to the device, and well managed by the munki software. The profiles themselves are absolutely great -- at least for my setup.
Finally, if you care about getting photographs right -- both on screen and on paper -- a tool like the munki is essential. Editing photos on a well calibrated monitor will help ensure your photos will have a life beyond your current computer or screen. Imagine the trouble if you notice all your old pictures look a little greenish on your next computer. Which was right, your new machine or your old? And will you enjoy editing 5,000 pictures to fix the problem?
Bottom line: great tool for the dedicated amateur photographer. Everyone should at least calibrate their monitors. If a munki seems a little rich for your blood, then consider a Pantone Huey instead: Pantone huey MEU101
(1 out of 5)This Munki is playing tricks on me!
My 2 cents...My setup is twin acer 19" widescreens. Not high end but look good. I have moved from the huey pro, to the iOne Display 2. They huey worked really well, but did not do luminance and my monitors were way too bright. The iOne did luminance and seemed to handle the twin monitors well. But my prints were still off. I am using an Epson rx580. Also, not high end, but pretty decent prints. So, to gain the print profiling (aside from wanting my prints to match my monitors, I wanted to try some funky papers that I could not find profiles for) I moved up to the Color Munki. For me...it did not live up to it's hype and I wish I never bought the thing. It does not support twin monitors. They don't come right out and tell you that until you call for tech support. And the color app they recommend to download from MS...they don't support that either, and in fact Kevin from x-rite told me today that they don't even think the MS app works right. So, my two monitors look nothing alike. ok...at least I should have a single monitor that matches my prints...right? Nope. The monitor profiling gives inconsistant results for me. I have profiled both monitors and THE SAME monitor right after one another in the same lighting conditions and gotten different looking profiles. I am using the latest version of the colormunki software. As far as the printing goes...the profiling process has to be repeated several times because of the monitor issues. Prints look ok, but not any better than the Epson profiles. I am using InkPress Luster paper.
I wish I had saved my money and stayed with the Huey pro.