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ColorMunki Smile (CMUNSML)
Brand | X-Rite |
Specific Uses For Product | gaming |
Light Color | Red, Blue |
Voltage | 120 Volts |
Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
About this item
- Perfect for creative and photo hobbyists striving to take the next step forward in digital imaging – edit, share and print your images with color confidence
- Delivers simplified display calibration process for your laptop and desktop displays using the same color engine technology found in X-Rite's industry leading professional level color calibration solutions
- Intuitive wizard driven software – instantly see “before and after” results
- EXCLUSIVE X-RITE TECHNOLOGY! Mobile Friendly - compatible with X-Rite ColorTRUE mobile app for calibrating Apple iOS mobile devices
- Calibrate one or multiple monitors for color consistency everywhere
- Simply plug the device into your USB port and follow the on-screen instructions. ColorMunki Smile does all the work with a few clicks of the mouse
- In just minutes, you’ll gain greater color accuracy, with improved highlight and shadow details, for more optimal print matching
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X-Rite CMUNSML ColorMunki Smile
Amazingly Simple Monitor Calibration
For photo hobbyists, design enthusiasts, gamers and web viewing, ColorMunki Smile is a super simple way to make sure your monitor and Apple iOS devices always display the correct colors. The process is easy. The results are amazing. ColorMunki Smile delivers super simple monitor calibration for your laptop or desktop monitor, and with X-Rite ColorTRUE mobile app you can even calibrate your Apple iOS devices. Calibration is just a fancy way of saying adjust your computer screen to show the colors correctly. Sound complicated? Smile – it isn't. ColorMunki Smile includes a measurement device and super simple software. You also get easy-to-follow help videos, but the process is so easy, you probably won’t need them. So isn’t it time to Stop Guessing if the image you see on your monitor is really the right color? Start Knowing with ColorMunki Smile!
Placing device on desktop monitorView larger Placing device on laptop display
View larger Calibrating multiple monitors
View larger Waiting for measurements
View larger Easily see before and after results in the X-Rite ColorTRUE mobile app.
View larger In just minutes, you’ll achieve the perfect mobile to desktop color match.
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ColorMunki Smile is supported in X-Rite ColorTRUE mobile app. This free app extends your calibration power to profile iOS phones and tablets. In just minutes, you’ll achieve the perfect mobile to desktop color match. Learn more at www. xritephoto. com/colortrue.
Top 5 reasons to calibrate with ColorMunki Smile:
- Your eyes aren’t perfect - well even if you have perfect color vision there are other factors that affect how you see color like age, gender and health. You need a measurement device to ensure accurate color.
- Monitors display color differently and change over time – calibrating your display on a regular basis fine-tunes it to known color reference standards and ensures consistency as it ages over time.
- Image colors are not true to life – even a slight red or blue cast can throw off your images. Calibrating your display gives you confidence to view, edit and share your images knowing the colors are correct.
- Highlights and shadow details are lost – calibrating your monitor brings back the details for more accurate viewing of your entire image.
- Grays & whites aren’t consistent – which can cause a shift in color hue. Calibrating your monitor produces neutral grays and whites and eliminates inconsistency.
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X-Rite ColorMunki Display
For creative folks who demand professional quality coupled with an easy, wizard-driven interface, X-Rite ColorMunki Display offers everything you could possibly need to get you to a brilliantly-calibrated display or projector while helping you stay focused on doing what you love. Plus, with X-Rite ColorTRUE free mobile app you can even calibrate your mobile devices. For Color Perfectionists seeking simplicity, the ColorMunki Display will absolutely amaze you.
X-Rite ColorMunki Display
Advanced Display Calibration Made Easy for Color Perfectionists
No guesswork. No stress. No frustration. No wasted time or lost billable hours. Just an amazingly calibrated display or projector that accurately displays the color in your original picture or digital file. Our wizard-driven interface makes it quick and easy for you to calibrate and profile your displays at the speed of life. You’ll quickly get back to what you really love doing with total confidence that the files you’re seeing and working on are precisely what others will be seeing.
- Technologically advanced and ergonomic multi-functional measurement device.
- Easy to use software – 'Easy' and 'Advanced' modes with simple one-click presets or wizard-driven options for more control.
- X-Rite Flare Correct - measurement and compensation of display surface glare.
- X-Rite Ambient Light Smart Control - measurement, compensation and ongoing monitoring of ambient lighting conditions.
- Automatic Display Control (ADC) adjusts your display’s hardware to speed up process and eliminate manual adjustments.
ColorMunki Family
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ColorMunki DisplayFor creative folks who demand professional quality coupled with an easy, wizard-driven interface, X-Rite ColorMunki Display offers everything you could possibly need to get you to a brilliantly-calibrated display or projector while helping you stay focused on doing what you love. Plus, with X-Rite ColorTRUE free mobile app you can even calibrate your mobile devices. For Color Perfectionists seeking simplicity, the ColorMunki Display will absolutely amaze you. |
ColorMunki Photography KitThe ColorMunki Photographer Kit is a convenient kit of two essential color tools – ColorMunki Display and ColorChecker Passport Photo – combined to achieve fast and easy color accuracy and control for any photo production. |
ColorMunki SmileFor photo hobbyists, design enthusiasts, gamers and web viewing, ColorMunki Smile is a super simple way to get more accurate color from your monitor and Apple iOS devices. The process is easy. The results are amazing. |
ColorMunki Smile | ColorMunki Display | ColorMunki Display Photographer Kit | Feature Detail | |
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Customer Reviews |
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Hardware | ColorMunki Smile Colorimeter | ColorMunki Display Colorimeter | ColorMunki Display Colorimeter | Advanced 3-Chip Optical Design For More Accurate Measurements |
Color Checker Included | - | - | ColorChecker Passport Photo | Enhancing Color Matching Capabilities For Photographers |
Software | ColorMunki Smile | ColorMunki Display | ColorMunki Display, ColorChecker Camera Calibration | Allows For Fast & Easy Profiling Matched To A Particular Workflow |
Dual Profiling Modes (basic/advanced) | Basic Only | ✓ | ✓ | Allows For Fast & Easy Profiling Matched To A Particular Workflow |
Multiple Monitor Support | ✓ | Display Match Feature | Display Match Feature | Save, Share & Reuse Workflows |
Ambient Light Measurement | - | ✓ | ✓ | Ambient Light Auto Monitor & Adjust |
Expanded Device Calibration | iOS Only | Projectors, iOS, & Android | Projectors, iOS, & Android | Calibrates Digital Projectors, Monitors, & Mobile Devices (iOS & Android) |
Mobile Device Calibration | iOS Only | iOS & Android | iOS & Android | Calibrates Mobile Devices (iOS & Android) |
Projector Profiling | - | ✓ | ✓ | Calibrates Digital Projectors & Monitors |
Color Calibration
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Intelligent Iterative ProfilingAdaptive technology that measures and analyzes the color capabilities of each unique display for increased accuracy of profile. |
Wizard Driven InterfaceThe wizard driven interface guides you through the profiling process in small, easy to understand steps. |
Projector ModeWith a quick flip of the arm switch from monitor to projector mode. |
Projector ProfilingQuickly and accurately create projector profiles to show your images on the big screen with color confidence. |
Product information
Brand | X-Rite |
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Specific Uses For Product | gaming |
Light Color | Red, Blue |
Voltage | 120 Volts |
Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
Number of Items | 1 |
Model Name | Monitor Calibration |
Connectivity Technology | USB |
Controller Type | iOS |
Included Components | X-Rite ColorMunki Smile hardware |
Item Package Quantity | 1 |
Item Weight | 10.23 ounces |
Control Method | App |
Product Dimensions | 2.05 x 5.59 x 7.56 inches |
Item Weight | 10.2 ounces |
ASIN | B009APMNB0 |
Item model number | CMUNSML |
Customer Reviews |
3.8 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #38 in Photographic Light Meter Color Calibration Charts |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 18, 2012 |
Manufacturer | X-Rite |
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Customers like the ease of use, quality and appearance of the light bulb. For example, they mention it's very easy to install and use, does a nice job with calibrations and is perfect for basic calibrations. That said, opinions are mixed on performance and color accuracy.
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Customers find the light bulb easy to use. They say it's easy to install and use, with a wizard-based program that guides them to placement. Customers also say it does the job well without a lot of hassle. They mention that it'll install without problems on Windows 7 and that it takes about 7 minutes to run.
"...It takes about 7 minutes to run which is on par with my Linux software for the x-rite pro.It is still working even after 3 or so years...." Read more
"...Using this product is dead easy. You just start the software, hang the device over the monitor, press go and wait a few minutes...." Read more
"...First off - OSX Mavericks. Installation, program use extremely easy...." Read more
"...and there is an interface called DispCalGUI that makes working with it much easier...." Read more
Customers like the calibration of the light bulb. They say it does a very nice job calibrating their monitors, and is perfect for basic calibration. The calibration is a snap, and it calibrates each monitor automatically. It allows them to calibrate all the devices in their house without trying to charge them for each. They also mention that it can calibrate their Miix 2 tablet and dual monitors.
"...The calibration is pretty accurate for the price and profiles can be set for multiple monitors--Though, each monitor has a factory setting that will..." Read more
"...That done, calibration is quick and easy...." Read more
"...When it works, it's easy. It's nice that it works on multiple monitors, which is why I picked it over the Spyder4Express...." Read more
"...If you allow light gaps, the calibration will be flawed and the resulting 'improved' image will not be good...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the light bulb. They mention it's a great product for the money, easy to use, and well worth the price. Some say that the calibrations are perfect and that it'll last a long time.
"...Excellent product." Read more
"...For the price it's a good deal, but don't expect sophisticated software, and if you have specific soft proofing parameters you will need third..." Read more
"...Product is good, install instructions are lacking by omitting the need for the update...." Read more
"...Inexpensive and very good solution." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the light bulb. For example, they mention it looks very well, and almost matches their MacBook Pro. Some say that the images look spot-on and are spot- on. That said, some complain about the barebones design.
"First off the device is great, and my monitors looks amazing now...." Read more
"...The software looks dated, but it gets the job done. It's very barebones there's not much besides calibration, and that process is just a click of a..." Read more
"...Then I used this Smile to calibrate my monitor. It looks very well and almost match with my macbook pro..." Read more
"...Dual desktop displays looked great, but the built-in display turned a sick green and it just wouldn't respond to anything I could adjust...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the light bulb. Some mention that the results are excellent, while others say that the software wasn't working right with Windows 8.1 or 10.
"...So, 3 screens. On the newest monitor, it made no perceptible changes. Ok. It's a pretty new and good quality monitor...." Read more
"...This color Monki device surprised the heck out of me with the depth of testing it does...." Read more
"...Due to the flaky nature of their software, and the hit and miss nature of the USB compatibility, I have to dock a star for each issue...." Read more
"...but the results are pretty consistent with those obtained from the huey...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the color accuracy of the light bulb. Some mention that it adjusts manually, and the colors are dead on. Others say that it does a reasonable job of calibrating color, and creates a color profile automatically based on your display name. However, some customers report that the colors on their screen are completely incorrect, and contrasty.
"...The color meter also struggles with some displays and simply will not work. I have a 24" AOC monitor and the bundled software can't find it...." Read more
"Bought this to replace an old huey pro monitor calibrator. The huey worked well, but it used suction cups to hold it to the screen and they were..." Read more
"...2. The software will not let you set your white point, coolness, or gamma.3. The matching between displays is far from perfect." Read more
"...When it's done, it creates a color profile automatically based on your display name. My display is a VG2427WM, so it made VG2427WM_D65.icc...." Read more
Customers have issues with the installation of the light bulb. They mention that the installation and software are extremely buggy, and it throws errors left and right. Some customers also report that the product does not install correctly, and that the USB calibration device does not work.
"...I experienced multiple problems during the install; this may (or may not) have had something to do with a Windows update that was downloading during..." Read more
"...Why? The installation and software are EXTREMELY BUGGY.In windows 8 it will throw errors left and right of different reasons...." Read more
"...Product is good, install instructions are lacking by omitting the need for the update...." Read more
"...The USB calibration device does not install either, since there is no "i1display.sys" driver in the directory where the USB device is looking during..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the brightness control of the light bulb. They mention that it works well for color, but does not set screen levels for brightness. Some say that the software will not help them set RGB settings on their monitor. They also mention that the product has extremely few settings and does not have room light active monitoring.
"...My only possible issue is it does not have room light active monitoring. That is a minor as lately turn this off...." Read more
"...no need to keep it hooked up to the computer since it doesn't have a live adjustment feature. But I hate clutter and the Huey was always in the way...." Read more
"...Note that the ColorMunki Smile does not help adjust brightness (luminance), which is significant for photo viewing; the more expensive ColorMunki..." Read more
"...I give it three stars because:1. The software will not help you set RGB settings on your monitor...." Read more
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It is still working even after 3 or so years. My x-rite pro is at least 12-14 years old. Lets just say discontinued product. This color Monki device surprised the heck out of me with the depth of testing it does. My only possible issue is it does not have room light active monitoring. That is a minor as lately turn this off. Seems like a mostly not needed feature. I would like to see them develop into software ability to set up printer profiles as it is totally set up device wise to handle this.
Value and what you get is worth the buy. Need to set up printers and or multiple displays around the house. This may not be what you need, but it will certainly handle a computers as the software keeps the profile without sensor attached.
I have a good computer and a couple of monitors that run off my docking station that runs off my laptop. So, 3 screens. On the newest monitor, it made no perceptible changes. Ok. It's a pretty new and good quality monitor. On the second, which is older and had some color issues, this device made no changes either. Big disappointment. So, I thought, "maybe this monitor is just too old to correct." but still disappointed. Finally, on the pretty new (less than a year) higher end gaming laptop, again, (virtually at least) no perceptible changes. So, out of 3 monitors, and resetting each 3 times and trying to calibrate again, I had the same results: this thing didn't help. Hours of work and I still have 3 monitors that don't match up and none were seriously, if at all, corrected.
I've heard a lot of good things about this device but, in my experience, it just didn't work. Now I have to decide if trying the "other" major brand of these types of devices is worth the effort.
Using this product is dead easy. You just start the software, hang the device over the monitor, press go and wait a few minutes. You get to click a before/after button if you want to when it's done, but otherwise there is nothing for the end user to do. I'm pretty picky, but I can't think of a single thing to complain about with this product. It just does its thing and does it well. Doesn't have a lot of wizz bang features, but I bought it to calibrate my monitor and that's what it does, and it does it with no fuss whatsoever. It doesn't do anything else, but I don't want it to do anything else. Excellent product.
First off - OSX Mavericks. Installation, program use extremely easy. When it's done, it creates a color profile automatically based on your display name. My display is a VG2427WM, so it made VG2427WM_D65.icc. Great, it did calibrate that display. But when you go and calibrate a second or third monitor, because it's the same monitor and name, it creates the same named .icc file, which overwrites the ones you previously made. This is a simple software problem that X-Rite needs to fix. All it has to do is at the end of the profiling, ask you for a profile name or check for profile overwriting and give you a chance to name is something different. You have to jump through some hoops to make it all work. Profile the first display, rename the profile to something else, like VG2427WM_Center.icc (or left/right, etc.) and then use the Applescript Editor to rename the profile's metadata. Once you do all of this for each display, everything works as advertised.
Next is Windows 7 64-bit. The only reason I boot into Windows at all is to play games, and obviously with multiple displays I want to play games across all three displays if the games allow it. The problem is Nvidia and their Nvidia Surround feature treats the three displays as one, and there is no way to color calibrate them separately. I've contacted manufacturers, I'm being told I'm SOL if I want to use both Nvidia Surround and color profile separate displays at the same time. Un-frikkin-believable! Sure, if you run the monitors in Windows in extended mode, you can color calibrate them, but what good is that if I can't game with the profile's attached? Major problem. Now this isn't X-Rite's fault or really even Microsoft's fault, it rests squarely on Nvidia with their hardware/software implementation. So in Windows with Nvidia Surround, they are close enough, nothing I can do about it anyway.
So, did the product fix all of my issues, no. But based on my needs with Nvidia Surround, nothing else will either. Don't buy this or any other color calibrator if you plan on running Nvidia Surround - period. In OSX, after jumping through the hoops based on X-Rite's file naming problem, the product does work, and they displays look exactly the same. One thing this model doesn't have that some of the more expensive ones do is monitor brightness calibration. This is an easy fix - use a digital camera, spot meter or some sort of light meter app on your smartphone to read the light level coming off of each monitor, and adjust the brightness on your monitor's menu until they all match. I do like that X-Rite doesn't limit you in any way on how many system's/displays you can use it on, unlike the low-end Spyder products.
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It has a very sleek design.
It is relatively affordable, being at the lower end of the price range.
It perfectly complements the xrite Colorchecker Passport Photo and probably all other colour checkers from xrite.
It is ever so easy to install, on one or multiple display devices, and on iOS devices. Extremely easy. Just follow the on screen instructions.
A storage pouch would've been a nice addition (to avoid dust accumulating on the calibration side of the device).
It's sleek. It works. It's perfect.
NOTA: La unica contra que le veo al producto pero que no lo afecta en su funcionalidad es que viene con un cd con los drivers. Si uno tiene una laptop sin lectora de cd tiene que batallar un poco para encontrar los drivers en la pagina de Xrite. No es muy dificil pero recomiendo mejor buscar los drivers en la pagina original (ingles) ya que la traducción que hicieron al castellano es muy mala, los drivers en su pagina estan en la sección de "capacitacion y apoyo".
100% recomendado el producto para profesionales, facil de usar, simple instalación, rapido y de material durable. Hay otras versiones mas profesionales pero creo que el resultado que da este calibrador es excelente.
Was able to colour correct my MacBook Air easily within 5min.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a proper program that works well with linux.
Displaycal quits often or gives error in fedora 24 while color calibrating with color munki on my desktop pc.
Otherwise it does what it says.
Ich habe diese Rezension noch einmal überarbeitet, weil vielleicht aus ihr nicht so klar geworden ist, dass man mit dem Smile für vergleichsweise geringe Kosten zu guten Ergebnissen kommt, dass er also für die Kalibrierung von Monitoren völlig ausreichend ist (mehr bietet wahrscheinlich die freie Kalibrations-Software - siehe andere Rezensenten hier - die ich aber bisher nicht verwendet habe).
Unglaublich einfach ist die Monitorkalibrierung aber nur - und das wollte ich zum Ausdruck bringen - solange es keine Probleme gibt!
Meine Erfahrungen:
Mit dem Smile lassen sich 2 Monitore kalibrieren - genau das, was ich machen wollte. Also habe ich mir den Smile gekauft.
Die Installation unter Windows 10 und die Kalibrierung selbst waren in der Tat einfach. Beide Monitore (unterschiedlicher Bauart, hängen an einer Asus GeForce GTX 750TI) zeigten, für mich überraschend (beim Spyder3 hatte ich das nie), das gleiche Bild.
Ich kann jetzt nicht genau sagen, was passierte, jedenfalls waren diese Monitore nach kurzer Zeit wieder unterschiedlich, Monitor 1 zeigte wärmere Farben (wie merkt man das, wenn man nur einen Monitor hat?). Also Neukalibrierung! Die Monitore waren jetzt wieder gleich.
Da habe ich mir gedacht, dass vielleicht die alte Spyder3-Installation dazwischen gefunkt hat. Ich habe diese Software deinstalliert.
Nach Neustart des Rechners verhielten sich die Monitore aber wieder unterschiedlich!
Durch einen Rezensenten hier erhielt ich den Hinweis, dass es dafür eine Bastelanleitung von X-Rite gibt (unter Support/Allgemeine Fragen/Monitor Profile Unloading on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10)!
Diese Anleitung ist m. E. umständlich und sehr lang und vieles davon war für mich nicht zutreffend. Ich habe den Punkt 6 dieser Anleitung nur als Tippgeber verwendet und mir überlegt, dass die Profildatei nach der Kalibration ja wohl vorhanden sein muss (im Verzeichnis windows\system32\spool\drivers\color - muss dort auch die neueste sein), aber nach einem Neustart jeweils durch eine andere ersetzt wird.
Genau so war es auch.
In der Systemsteuerung unter 'Farbverwaltung' lässt sich ein Profil (in der entsprechenden Profildatei) einem Gerät (in meinem Fall Bildschirm 1) dauerhaft ('Als Standardprofil festlegen') zuordnen. Die neueste Profildatei (aus dem Profileverzeichnis) habe ich in der Farbverwaltung zunächst erst einmal angeklickt (Farbe von Bildschirm 1 stimmte wieder) und dann dauerhaft festgelegt.
Zusammenfassend:
Installation der Software und Kalibration der Monitore sind in der Tat einfach. Verschiedenes wird beim Smile aber nicht berücksichtigt, wie Umgebungslichtstärke sowie Grundeinstellung und Warmlaufzeit der Monitore. Und warum eine so gewonnene Profildatei nicht als Standard eingetragen wird, verstehe ich nicht, hing vielleicht bei mir mit der zunächst nicht deinstallierten Software für das vorher verwendete Gerät zusammen.
Wegen der mangelhaften Hilfe bei Kalibrations-Problemen bleibt es dabei: Ich ziehe einen Punkt ab.
Nachtrag am 6.6.16:
Der ColorMunki Smile befindet sich jetzt einige Monate bei mir im Einsatz. Mittlerweile habe ich einen 3. Monitor, einen älteren LCD von Hannsg, angeschlossen, der ebenfalls von der ColorMunki-Software geeicht wird.
Ich stelle Folgendes fest: Alle 3 Monitor zeigen sehr schön übereinstimmend Farben und Helligkeitswerte an, was will man mehr. Ich erhöhe deshalb die Punktzahl auf 5!