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Screen Color Correction with Pantone Huey Pro

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Red has been my favorite color pretty much since birth. Color is important. Your computer monitors may be displaying color properly, but if you’re in a room that has light which isn’t complimentary to your screen… the color will be “off”. This can be a huge factor if you’re editing videos or something similar. I’ve always thought the color in my videos were fine. I mean… red looks red, and blue looks blue. So when a community member suggested I try this product, I was skeptical.

PANTONE huey Pro is designed for calibrating and profiling all types of monitors – LCD and CRT. Each individual package includes a huey measurement device (emission only colorimeter) with ambient measurement capabilities, and software for monitor calibration. huey corrects the color on your monitor so photos and designs print more accurately, game graphics are more intense and movies are more true–to–life. Easy–to–use right out of the box, huey adapts your monitor for changing room lighting and applies your personal preferences for viewing accurate color all of the time.

You install the software, then answer a few questions. You then affix the huey to the monitor, and it makes a recommendation for you. Once it had changed my settings, I was blown away. At first, I couldn’t believe it. I had thought my colors were fine before this. I walked away for a few minutes. When I came back, it just seemed so natural and amazing. I flipped back to my old color setup, and was shocked at the difference. I don’t want to say it was “night and day”… but it was very noticeable. I’m astounded at the huge difference… for the GOOD… huey made on my system.

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24 Comments

“we don’t byte” lol
guys you’re too nice

woot =] First Comment?

I want that thing!

Hmm…that is interesting. Gosh now I have to get one lol I wonder how much difference it will be.

This totally is an infomercial

I`ve used Huey wiv Vers1 Software to colour correct my screens without auto room light sensing…and every thing is O.K….My, only niggle being the re-calibrate reminders every few months or so :( .., But, Hey..I do not regret investing in one..Cheers,,,btw i use LCD/TFT widescreen monitors 22 inch Samsung

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Dear,
Who ever that may read this.
Chris is right, huey pro by Patone Calibration is A must have. The product does alot to help you see true color. Another thing it do is that it fixs the color when you print. The way it does that is that the printers that you may have print anything, any color that is up on the screen. So by fixing the screen color, you’ll also be fixing the way the printer prints for you. I really do recommand this for anyone and every person that has A computer. MUST HAVE…..!

one of the guys in my office bought one of these last summer (he’s an amateur photographer too) and I fully agree, it makes a scarily noticeable change to the colour pallet.

My only concern is with the price of the device, iirc the guy in my office paid about £70 ($140) for his :S

I have heard about this before and I too was a skeptic. Now that I have heard your review on it I am greatly considering it. This will definatley help me when I am editing photos and videos. Thank you, finally someone has done a great review on the Huey.

I am going to be buying the Huey Pro when I get my next paycheck. Thank you for the great review on this. I would never have found this otherwise, and I can’t wait to see how great this really is.

That is so cool! Is that possible for laptops? Great Video 5/5!

Sounds like ingenious device. As someone who hates–and is very bad at–manually adjusting the color settings on my monitors, I think this could be an invaluable tool. That being said, 100 bucks is a lot of money to me, so I’ll have to investigate the product more before considering a purchase.

It also sounds like it could also be a pretty handy tool in calibrating multiple monitors for the dual setup folks out there. Assuming the tool is ultra consistent in it’s adjustments, that is.

I also wish we could see a video demonstration from you. It is definitely a lot more informative to see the product you’re discussing in action.

Hey Chris,

I just got done watching your review on the Huey pro and now I’m considering on getting one. I tried using other types of software calibration,but none of them actually did the trick. I’m very picky when it comes to how things look on my screen especially when I’m editing videos. I’m also tired of adjusting the brightness and colors every time the sun comes in my room. I’m glad that I came across this and hope on getting one soon. Thanks for the brief review on this product.

I’ve never seen a chat room kick so many people. In the chat at your website, for the last 2 days you all have just been kicking and banning innocent people left and right. Can’t even ask a simple question, without the moderators complaining every 3 lines about someone using CAPS, or someone saying the same thing twice, or using a nick they don’t like. Don’t waste your time at this site, They hate free speech. You will most likely end up being banned for having an opinion.

interesting that the geeks have discovered what the photographers have been struggling with for YEARS. you didn’t mention whether you had already used the calibration procedures that come with OSX and windows. there shouldn’t have been much improvement if you had done that regularly.

the next problem which is harder to handle, but still important is to be sure your printer prints the colors you see on the screen. let me know if you need any help. ag

I bought this when they first were introduced! Use it on three different computers, including a laptop. Photo edits for Web sites now look pretty much the same on all three! I think I paid $90+ at the time but now I’ve seen them for under $80 at Fry’s etc. Well worth the investment!

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Good thing its only $60 at amazon then. I see all these comments about it being $150 or whatever and I’m thinking, do these people ever get a clue and check places online like amazon? :)

Damn. You´re annoying.

“It also sounds like it could also be a pretty handy tool in calibrating multiple monitors for the dual setup folks out there. Assuming the tool is ultra consistent in it’s adjustments, that is. ”

About this… I have a Huey Pro and had the same reaction as Chris had UNTIL (it’s always something) buying a Cintiq and making the mistake of allowing their software to get hold of my Wacom. I’m calibrating the primary monitor like always when the software recommends moving to the second monitor and adjusting separately.

BIG mistake. Cintiq is not exactly a monitor although it behaves like one and is recognized as such by a graphics card, and has it’s own ICC file included with purchase. Once I’d allowed Huey’s software to adjust the Cintiq it was so off it was pathetic. Was better off eyeballing it by pulling up the same image on both monitors (using the same image software) and making adjustments manually. Once Huey’s software made these adjustments, there was no way to separate the two devices from being changed in tandem. I had to delete the Huey ICC profile and start over calibrating my primary monitor separately. Pain in the backend.

Also, I believe it damaged my Dell monitor as now it has a dark streak where the Huey is attached to the monitor.

Also, I believe it damaged my Dell Ultrasharp monitor as now it has a dark streak where the Huey is attached to the monitor… and I was oh so careful with it to prevent this.

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