Spyder3Studio (Spyder3Elite + Spyder3Print)

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:43 pm

A helpful hint to determine the candelas, or luminance (brightness) of your monitor prior to calibration follows:

With the Spyder3Elite (or equivalent open) go to the Colorimeter Tool and select a white target on screen, you will see in the in the measurement window (on the right) two columns "XYZ" and "xyY". The Y value is the measurement for candelas per meter squared (cd/m2)!

Choosing "Measured Mode", then defining a target white luminance in cd/m2 will allow the software to adjust to that target value during calibration.