Spyder4Pro

Spyder4Pro ‐ Show the world your true colours

Spyder4Pro is a display colour calibration solution designed for photographers and creative professionals that need to match prints to their displays. It includes the ability to adapt to ambient light conditions.

Why colour calibrate your Display?

• Displays render the same image differently: Calibration tunes your display to a reference standard and brings colour consistency across desktop, laptop, multiple displays, iPad and iPhone.
• Displays change over time: Recalibration returns it to reference state for brightness and colour
• Prints often do not match display: Display calibration provides a base for better print matching
• Wide gamut displays may be oversaturated: Without calibration even wide‐gamut displays may be inaccurate.Highlight and shadow details may be inaccurate: Control of brightness, white point and tone response with calibration.
• Image colours are not true to life: After calibration, images can be viewed and edited with confidence

Photographers and designers can work confidently on a properly colour calibrated screen and can assert greater control over the colour fidelity of their digital process. Images can be reliably assessed and adjusted on a properly calibrated display, enabling true‐to‐life reproduction of image files.

How does Spyder4Pro work?

Spyder4Pro automates and simplifies display calibration. Install the software, attach the colour sensor to USB, and step through the wizard. The sensor measures a series of colours on your screen and creates a "profile" that brings your display to a reference state. At the end, you can compare how the images look before and after calibration.

Spyder4Pro features a patented, full‐spectrum 7‐colour sensor that can accurately characterise a variety of wide gamut and normal displays. Spyder4Pro software lets you use the same sensor to calibrate your computer, iPad and iPhone. No other calibrator has this capability. The fourth-generation sensor uses double‐shielded filters for longer life and better performance. On average, accuracy and precision are improved by 26% and 19% respectively.

Spyder4Pro features

Automated Colour & Brightness Calibration
Spyder4Pro’s simple, clear and automated process makes it straightforward to calibrate your displays to a reference condition. You can view and edit images with confidence on a display calibrated to show true‐to‐life colours and luminance adjusted for precise shadow/highlight detail.

Full‐spectrum colour sensor
Spyder4Pro's patented 7‐colour sensor improves upon colorimeters that use 3‐channel RGB sensors. Each Spyder4Pro unit is individually tuned in the factory to accurately handle a variety of wide‐gamut and normal gamut displays with ease.

Single sensor calibrates all your displays
Spyder4Pro works with your laptop, multiple monitors, television (with paid software upgrade on website), iPad and even iPhone. It works with LCD, LED, OLED, CRT and other display technologies. You can calibrate multiple displays connected to your computer.

Improved accuracy and stability
The fourth‐generation Spyder4Pro has double‐shielded colour filters for an even closer match to CIE colour standards and improved long term stability. Average accuracy increased by 26% and consistency between Spyder units has improved 19%.

Fast Re‐calibration Assistant
The “ReCAL” feature makes it quick and easy to recalibrate your display to compensate for changes that occur over time.

Adapts display to surrounding light
The lighting around you will affect image contrast and appearance. An additional sensor on the Spyder4Pro detects changes to surrounding light and adapts the display luminance accordingly.

What’s Included

• Datacolor Spyder4Pro™ colorimeter
• Desktop Cradle/Tripod mount
• Spyder4Pro™ Software CD
• Quick Start Guide (in 10 languages)
• 2‐year warranty
• Free Support

Installation Requirements

• Windows XP 32/64, Windows Vista 32/64, Windows 7 32/64
• MacOS X Panther (10.4), Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6) and Lion (10.7)
• Colour monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution (1024 x 600 netbook option)
• 24‐bit video card
• Powered USB port

What's the difference between the Spyder4 models?

NB Specifications are provided by Datacolor and are subject to change.