Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Their combined capabilities offer a powerful set of features, more than ample for the
most demanding studio, including fine art photographers.
Spyder3Elite and Spyder3Print are each discussed separately here (see those entries).
Comments
The new user interface for the Spyder3 generation of software has been designed, says
the vendor, from the photographer’s point of view. This appears to be true, and it is very
welcome. Over recent years too much photographic software has been created from a
graphic designer’s point of view, or worse, from a computer programmer’s POV.
Spyder3Studio deals in a pictorial way with gamma and color temperature control,
showing actual images for evaluation by eye. This is also a logical approach, because the
product’s whole purpose is to create interchangeability between devices—so that we can
trust our eyes once again.
Aimed at all kinds of professional users of photography, Spyder3Studio proves that there
does not have to be a trade-off between precision and speed, as well as showing that these
benefits can be obtained at reasonable cost in a complete color-management system.
Version: Spyder3Studio (2008)
OS: Windows 2000, XP 32/64, and Vista 32/64; Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
RAM: 128MB
Supported file formats: N/A
Price level: Approx. $600
Address: Datacolor, Digital Color Solutions, 5 Princess Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, United
States
spyder.datacolor.com
www.spyder3.com
Spyder3Print
Chapter 29 ■ Color Management 337
Vendor: Datacolor
Purpose: Printer profiling system for any combination of printer, paper, and ink
Description
Also part of the Spyder3Studio bundle, Spyder3Print is a printer profiling solution that
comes with a Datacolor 1005 spectrocolorimeter and base. It lets you create custom
profiles and produce prints to the highest quality without needing to use trial-and-error
methods. Using standard targets it takes less than five minutes to create a profile for any
combination of printer, paper, and ink. The measuring device plugs into the computer
just like a digital camera, using the same type of USB mini-connector cable. The rest
of the procedure is equally straightforward.