ColorMunki Smile

Bought this to replace an old huey pro monitor calibrator. The huey worked well, but it used suction cups to hold it to the screen and they were lousy suction cups, so I had to moisten them to get them to stick which left marks on the monitor that I had to clean up. No such problems with the ColorMunki Smile. The huey also was willing to adjust the monitor for ambient light (bad idea for photographers), which I didn't use. The ColorMunki Smile uses a lot more calibration points (haven't counted, but it's at least 3 times as many, maybe 4), but the results are pretty consistent with those obtained from the huey.Using this product is dead easy. You just start the software, hang the device over the monitor, press go and wait a few minutes. You get to click a before/after button if you want to when it's done, but otherwise there is nothing for the end user to do. I'm pretty picky, but I can't think of a single thing to complain about with this product. It just does its thing and does it well. Doesn't have a lot of wizz bang features, but I bought it to calibrate my monitor and that's what it does, and it does it with no fuss whatsoever. It doesn't do anything else, but I don't want it to do anything else. Excellent product.

I originally gave this a good review, but now after about a year they abandoned the support for device (but they keep selling it). The current software won't work on my 2nd Windows 10 configuration. The software hasn't been updated since 2016. Even as it was it was, basically overly simplified corporateware.If you go to their website to download the latest drivers you see:"Out of Production – Upgrade to i1Display Studio for 64-bit compatibility"In other words don't bother us about this one that you paid anymore, we don't care, here buy our new one that costs twice as much.They could put put at least put even partial source up on github or something so the community could maintain it.Luckily there is an alternative software called DisplayCAL (open source) that seems to to be a lot more exacting and precise; beating the so called "color experts" at "X-Rite".Web search for "DisplayCAL", install it. Plugin your Smile then “Tools” -> “Instrument” -> “Install Argyll CMS instrument drivers.."I doubt I will be buying from "X-Wrong" again as they don't think they need to support a device they consider "Out of Production", yet are still selling it (when I wrote this review)..

I myself use the x-rite pro still, yes very dated product but in Linux has excellent software to run it. That aside this was a gift. I have used it a few times to help calibrate several monitors for my Dad and he runs it every once in a while. The software similar x-rite pro in LInux uses what seems like 256 colors plus 10 or more gray scale checks. It takes about 7 minutes to run which is on par with my Linux software for the x-rite pro.It is still working even after 3 or so years. My x-rite pro is at least 12-14 years old. Lets just say discontinued product. This color Monki device surprised the heck out of me with the depth of testing it does. My only possible issue is it does not have room light active monitoring. That is a minor as lately turn this off. Seems like a mostly not needed feature. I would like to see them develop into software ability to set up printer profiles as it is totally set up device wise to handle this.Value and what you get is worth the buy. Need to set up printers and or multiple displays around the house. This may not be what you need, but it will certainly handle a computers as the software keeps the profile without sensor attached.

I purchased this product to color calibrate my system which dual boots OSX Mavericks and Windows 7 x64. My system has three Viewsonic VG2427WM LCD monitors, which try as I may manually, I could not get close enough to perfect color calibration myself, so i ordered this product as it touts Windows/OSX along with multiple monitor support.First off - OSX Mavericks. Installation, program use extremely easy. When it's done, it creates a color profile automatically based on your display name. My display is a VG2427WM, so it made VG2427WM_D65.icc. Great, it did calibrate that display. But when you go and calibrate a second or third monitor, because it's the same monitor and name, it creates the same named .icc file, which overwrites the ones you previously made. This is a simple software problem that X-Rite needs to fix. All it has to do is at the end of the profiling, ask you for a profile name or check for profile overwriting and give you a chance to name is something different. You have to jump through some hoops to make it all work. Profile the first display, rename the profile to something else, like VG2427WM_Center.icc (or left/right, etc.) and then use the Applescript Editor to rename the profile's metadata. Once you do all of this for each display, everything works as advertised.Next is Windows 7 64-bit. The only reason I boot into Windows at all is to play games, and obviously with multiple displays I want to play games across all three displays if the games allow it. The problem is Nvidia and their Nvidia Surround feature treats the three displays as one, and there is no way to color calibrate them separately. I've contacted manufacturers, I'm being told I'm SOL if I want to use both Nvidia Surround and color profile separate displays at the same time. Un-frikkin-believable! Sure, if you run the monitors in Windows in extended mode, you can color calibrate them, but what good is that if I can't game with the profile's attached? Major problem. Now this isn't X-Rite's fault or really even Microsoft's fault, it rests squarely on Nvidia with their hardware/software implementation. So in Windows with Nvidia Surround, they are close enough, nothing I can do about it anyway.So, did the product fix all of my issues, no. But based on my needs with Nvidia Surround, nothing else will either. Don't buy this or any other color calibrator if you plan on running Nvidia Surround - period. In OSX, after jumping through the hoops based on X-Rite's file naming problem, the product does work, and they displays look exactly the same. One thing this model doesn't have that some of the more expensive ones do is monitor brightness calibration. This is an easy fix - use a digital camera, spot meter or some sort of light meter app on your smartphone to read the light level coming off of each monitor, and adjust the brightness on your monitor's menu until they all match. I do like that X-Rite doesn't limit you in any way on how many system's/displays you can use it on, unlike the low-end Spyder products.

Lo he usado para calibrar la pantalla unas pocas veces y estoy contento. Desconozco si el resultado es profesional o no, pero consigo que las imágenes se vean más o menos como después se imprimen. Aconsejo utilizar Displaycalc para ajustar el perfil del monitor, es gratuito, fácil de usar e incluye el uso de este calibrador.

This device is as Easy as A-B-C in all respects.It has a very sleek design.It is relatively affordable, being at the lower end of the price range.It perfectly complements the xrite Colorchecker Passport Photo and probably all other colour checkers from xrite.It is ever so easy to install, on one or multiple display devices, and on iOS devices. Extremely easy. Just follow the on screen instructions.A storage pouch would've been a nice addition (to avoid dust accumulating on the calibration side of the device).It's sleek. It works. It's perfect.

Me sorprendio lo simple y rapido que funcionó para calibrar mi laptop y otra computadora. Realmente los LCD vienen muy azules y saturados, este aparatito es algo que le simplifica la vida a cualquier profesional que utilize la computadora para editar o crear imagenes. Se coloca en la pantalla y luego de seguir las instrucciones en el software comienza la calibración, que tardará 5 minutos reales o un poquito mas. Es muy facil y simple de usar y los cambios son increibles.NOTA: La unica contra que le veo al producto pero que no lo afecta en su funcionalidad es que viene con un cd con los drivers. Si uno tiene una laptop sin lectora de cd tiene que batallar un poco para encontrar los drivers en la pagina de Xrite. No es muy dificil pero recomiendo mejor buscar los drivers en la pagina original (ingles) ya que la traducción que hicieron al castellano es muy mala, los drivers en su pagina estan en la sección de "capacitacion y apoyo".100% recomendado el producto para profesionales, facil de usar, simple instalación, rapido y de material durable. Hay otras versiones mas profesionales pero creo que el resultado que da este calibrador es excelente.

It works pretty well with macOS.Was able to colour correct my MacBook Air easily within 5min.Unfortunately I couldn't find a proper program that works well with linux.Displaycal quits often or gives error in fedora 24 while color calibrating with color munki on my desktop pc.Otherwise it does what it says.

Na ja, mir war schon klar, dass Firmen bei der Werbung für ihren Artikel schon einmal dick auftragen.Ich habe diese Rezension noch einmal überarbeitet, weil vielleicht aus ihr nicht so klar geworden ist, dass man mit dem Smile für vergleichsweise geringe Kosten zu guten Ergebnissen kommt, dass er also für die Kalibrierung von Monitoren völlig ausreichend ist (mehr bietet wahrscheinlich die freie Kalibrations-Software - siehe andere Rezensenten hier - die ich aber bisher nicht verwendet habe).Unglaublich einfach ist die Monitorkalibrierung aber nur - und das wollte ich zum Ausdruck bringen - solange es keine Probleme gibt!Meine Erfahrungen:Mit dem Smile lassen sich 2 Monitore kalibrieren - genau das, was ich machen wollte. Also habe ich mir den Smile gekauft.Die Installation unter Windows 10 und die Kalibrierung selbst waren in der Tat einfach. Beide Monitore (unterschiedlicher Bauart, hängen an einer Asus GeForce GTX 750TI) zeigten, für mich überraschend (beim Spyder3 hatte ich das nie), das gleiche Bild.Ich kann jetzt nicht genau sagen, was passierte, jedenfalls waren diese Monitore nach kurzer Zeit wieder unterschiedlich, Monitor 1 zeigte wärmere Farben (wie merkt man das, wenn man nur einen Monitor hat?). Also Neukalibrierung! Die Monitore waren jetzt wieder gleich.Da habe ich mir gedacht, dass vielleicht die alte Spyder3-Installation dazwischen gefunkt hat. Ich habe diese Software deinstalliert.Nach Neustart des Rechners verhielten sich die Monitore aber wieder unterschiedlich!Durch einen Rezensenten hier erhielt ich den Hinweis, dass es dafür eine Bastelanleitung von X-Rite gibt (unter Support/Allgemeine Fragen/Monitor Profile Unloading on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10)!Diese Anleitung ist m. E. umständlich und sehr lang und vieles davon war für mich nicht zutreffend. Ich habe den Punkt 6 dieser Anleitung nur als Tippgeber verwendet und mir überlegt, dass die Profildatei nach der Kalibration ja wohl vorhanden sein muss (im Verzeichnis windows\system32\spool\drivers\color - muss dort auch die neueste sein), aber nach einem Neustart jeweils durch eine andere ersetzt wird.Genau so war es auch.In der Systemsteuerung unter 'Farbverwaltung' lässt sich ein Profil (in der entsprechenden Profildatei) einem Gerät (in meinem Fall Bildschirm 1) dauerhaft ('Als Standardprofil festlegen') zuordnen. Die neueste Profildatei (aus dem Profileverzeichnis) habe ich in der Farbverwaltung zunächst erst einmal angeklickt (Farbe von Bildschirm 1 stimmte wieder) und dann dauerhaft festgelegt.Zusammenfassend:Installation der Software und Kalibration der Monitore sind in der Tat einfach. Verschiedenes wird beim Smile aber nicht berücksichtigt, wie Umgebungslichtstärke sowie Grundeinstellung und Warmlaufzeit der Monitore. Und warum eine so gewonnene Profildatei nicht als Standard eingetragen wird, verstehe ich nicht, hing vielleicht bei mir mit der zunächst nicht deinstallierten Software für das vorher verwendete Gerät zusammen.Wegen der mangelhaften Hilfe bei Kalibrations-Problemen bleibt es dabei: Ich ziehe einen Punkt ab.Nachtrag am 6.6.16:Der ColorMunki Smile befindet sich jetzt einige Monate bei mir im Einsatz. Mittlerweile habe ich einen 3. Monitor, einen älteren LCD von Hannsg, angeschlossen, der ebenfalls von der ColorMunki-Software geeicht wird.Ich stelle Folgendes fest: Alle 3 Monitor zeigen sehr schön übereinstimmend Farben und Helligkeitswerte an, was will man mehr. Ich erhöhe deshalb die Punktzahl auf 5!