
Once you capture an image with the cube, you can then use this tool to help you make sure your image is properly exposed. You can easily hold it in your scene or mount it via the ¼” tripod mount. The Spyder Cube is a small square that allows you to correct for white balance and the white and black points of your photo. At first you may be a bit upset with the new colors, but rest assured, these are the true colors you want for your images. Once the calibration is complete, you will be able to see a before and after of your screen calibration and how the colors have changed. This is a nice improvement since I am often calibrating 3-4 monitors. It’s an extremely quick process, an upgrade from previous versions, taking five minutes at the most. From here, you simply sit back and let the technology its thing. From here, you then plug in the Spyder X and align it with an onscreen placement map. For me, I close all the blinds, shut off the lights and put on some romantic music (just kidding about that last part). You will want to make sure that your current display is set up to a few specific settings, and also make sure the light in the room in which you edit is exactly how it is when you edit.

Once installed, you will follow a variety of onscreen prompts. First, you want to download the software from. Here’s what you have to do in order to get your monitor properly calibrated using the Spyder X Elite. Lo and behold though, the Spyder X system is extremely easy to install, use, calibrate and re-calibrate down the line. I find it usually causes more of a headache than anything else, so when I first calibrated my monitor, I was stressed.

So, I’ll be real off the bat, I’m not a huge fan of technology.
