Datacolor Spyder Print Studio

The Datacolor Spyder Print Studio is an essential all-in-one photographic workflow tool suite for precision colour control from image capture through editing, to flawless print results. For photographers seeking maximum control of their entire photographic workflow from capture, to editing, to print.

Datacolor Spyder Print Studio Key Features:

• Includes Spyder Print, SpyderPro, and Spyder Cube
• Offers colour control from capture to editing to print
• Includes durable carrying case to store the kit

Spyder Print

Print Perfection - Full-featured solution for enthusiasts and professionals to print and measure colour patches and create custom RGB printer profiles for ultimate print matching.

For a Variety of Printer Types - Supports calibration of multiple printer types including Photography and Fine Art printers, Post Card printers and more.

Better Black & White Prints - The Extended Greys Target allows you to include and measure precision grey and near-grey patches, enhancing the quality of tinted and B&W prints.

Work Your Way - Software supports two reading modes: individual colour patches and strips of colour patches, giving flexibility to control the way you work.

Easy to Understand - The SpyderGuide provides convenience in reading the printed targets to help you create profiles easily and accurately.

Proof Your Print - SpyderProof feature provides a series of images to help you evaluate printer calibration results.

Complete Colour Control - Provides full control of your printer output with the ability to create any number of custom profiles for any combination of printers, inks, and papers.

Adjustable Settings for Precision Prints - Advanced controls allow you to adjust profile settings to get the best possible printout for your images.

SpyderPro

Colour Confidence That’s Fast & Easy - SpyderPro lets you easily calibrate your monitor in about only 90 seconds, so you can be confident that you’re beginning your editing from an accurate colour starting point, saving you valuable time and effort in your editing workflow. The result? True-to-life colour and fine detail capture.

Professional Results for Every Experience Level - Intuitive software and oneclick calibration ensures ease of use and professional results for even the most novice user. Additionally, unlimited calibration settings like fully customisable gamma curves, white point, and brightness settings, allow for advanced colour control for a truly customized workflow that experienced professionals will appreciate.

Calibration for Today’s Digital Workflows - SpyderPro now calibrates an even wider range of laptop/desktop displays, including the latest technologies like OLED, mini-LED, and Apple Liquid Retina XDR so users can optimize the colour richness, deep shadows, nuanced highlights and enhanced details these monitors make available. Additionally, it calibrates Wide and Standard LED gamuts, while affording workflow adaptability, allowing you to work in even the brightest of conditions with its high brightness feature. Working on-the-go with multiple portable displays attached to a single computer? The SpyderTune feature lets you adjust white point, gamma, and brightness for visual fine-tuning for the best consistency across multiple displays.

Colour “Surprises” Are a Thing of the Past! - With Datacolor’s exclusive Device PreviewTM Beta feature, you’ll be able to see a simulated version of what your images can look like on the latest phones and tablets without having to use the actual devices for previewing. Device PreviewTM Beta also allows you to soft proof your image in print so you can view how your image will appear on paper.

Patchwork Colour: OK for Quilts, Not Digital Viewing - Multiple cameras and monitors, shifts in lighting, days of shooting, splicing footage – if your monitor’s colour isn’t consistent, neither is your visual story. SpyderPro’s StudioMatch feature allows for side-by-side calibration for multiple computers/displays, ensuring consistent, accurate colour reproduction across multiple connected monitors or computers.

Video & Cinema Colour You Can Count On - SpyderPro’s Rec. 709 and Rec. 2020 targets ensure colours will be accurate so you can be confident that colours and images will translate properly across the production workflow, from editing and post-production to transmission, streaming, and final display. Rec. 709 is the most commonly used standard today, while Rec. 2020’s wider colour gamut will let you deliver content that is more lifelike for a truly immersive experience for your audience.

Get the “Big Picture” of Your Picture - The Advance Display Mapping & Analysis feature of SpyderPro gives you detailed information about your monitor. You can check colour/colour uniformity, brightness, contrast, gamut, tone response, display accuracy and white point of your monitors to track colour accuracy and consistency.

Details Come Out from the Shadows - SpyderPro’s Gamma Curve Adjustment feature lets you refine tone distribution (how seamlessly black transitions to white). Gradations are enhanced so shadow and light details remain crisp and clear. You can also balance your display’s brightness settings based on your location and needs, for precise colour accuracy to capture every detail.

Customisable Calibration for Your Needs - SpyderPro offers unlimited calibration settings for fully customized calibration for all workflows. Fine tune the gamma, white point and brightness settings for any need. There’s also a preset list of the most common calibration targets, including those for video standards and StudioMatch. Willing to spend a bit more time for a more sophisticated calibration? Choose Better in Grey Balance in the calibration settings for smoother gradients. Pressed for time? Opt for the Faster setting.

Adapt to Shifts in Light - Automatic Room Light Switching measures and tracks the lighting around you to make sure your current display profile is the one best suited for your environment. Not every task requires controlled lighting so allowing SpyderPro to adapt the calibration to your room lighting will ensure your monitor profile is optimal. During a Room Light Calibration, multiple profiles are created for different room lighting levels.

Use CheckCal for Confidence - CheckCal is Datacolor’s answer to the question, “Is my calibration still valid?” CheckCal performs a short test on your monitor to verify your calibration is up to date.

Calibration as Bright as Your Environment - Many modern monitors have brightness levels for use outdoors or in other highly illuminated settings. SpyderPro’s High Brightness calibration setting balances these monitors when working in a bright environment for an accurate reference.

Keep Connected - Native USB-C connection comes standard with the SpyderPro, along with an additional USB-A adaptor for added convenience when needed.

Spyder Cube

White Balance Made Easy - A portable solution for photo/video/hybrid shooters that provides references to set white balance, exposure, black level and brightness right from the start.

Real World Results - Unique, 3-dimensional design differs from traditional grey cards, mimicking the way light actually falls on your subject and allowing you to see primary and secondary light sources for more precise white balance correction.

A True Absolute Black - Includes an innovative black trap for an absolute black reference that allows you to set a true black point in an image. Additionally, its chrome ball allows you to see specular highlights.

Chrome Ball - Additionally, its chrome ball allows you to see specular highlights or zoom in to see a reflected view of a set so you can match a lighting setup.

Colour Temperature Control - Allows users to instantly colour-correct images by setting a colour temperature value to neutralize the light source.

Seamless Interface - Takes the complexity out of RAW image editing, by using common tools found in colour managed applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom.

Easy to Use - Simply take a reference shot with the device under the same light conditions as your photos, adjust, save, and apply to entire series of images.

Adaptable - Unique design allows you to hang the device during a shoot or attach it to a tripod mount.

Rugged and Portable - Easy to throw in your camera bag to have with you whether in studio or on-the-go.

What’s in the box?

• 1 x Spyder Print
• 1 x SpyderPro
• 1 x Spyder Cube
• 1 x Durable Case

FAQs:

What are the system requirements for the Datacolor Spyder Print Studio?

The Datacolor Spyder Print Studio is compatible with Windows 10 32/64, Windows 11, Mac OS X 10.14 – macOS 14, monitors with a resolution of 1280x768 or greater, 16-bit video card (24-bit recommended), 1GB of available RAM, 500MB of available hard disk and requires Internet connection for software download and activation.