Hello Everyone,

I am a student just now taking some interest in color grading/correction for Film and Animation. I have a decent setup in my home running for doing freelance and student work. Here is my setup:

Mac Pro (Quad 3.0Ghz, 8GB RAM, ATI Radeon 1900XT)
30” Apple Cinema Display, 21” Apple Cinema Display
42” Sharp Aquos LCD TV
Final Cut Studio 3, Avid MC

What I am wondering is what is the proper/best way to to calibrate my 2 Apple Displays and LCD TV to proper color. I will be using my 30” for the color interface, and most likely the 21” display for the scopes and preview, I’ll be using the TV for final output once the edit is on blu-ray or dvd.
I have used the Spyder calibration but I am just not sure if this is the best way for film and animation, it seems good for print.

Any advice or suggestions is appreciated!

Thanks!

-Brian

I have no idea how you would go about calibrating the cinema display correctly. Just as a guide line, I calibrate my Panasonic broadcast monitor with a color bar and the “blue only” function, just like anyone would calibrate such equipment. I’m sure there more “secure” ways of doing it to ensure every monitor shows the same, but this seems to work for me and my other half here at the office.

How you would get the blue only function on a cinema display, I don’t know.

I’m using xrite 1Display2 for my macbook pro, maybe you can check this out at: http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=788