Calibration

For people just starting out in the world of digital color grading, it may seem that they do not need “such highly precise” calibration.

But when the day comes and a client asks for a certified calibration report for the very first time, that is often the moment they realize it would have been worth considering different equipment from the beginning.

The excellent marketing created by hardware manufacturers does not make choosing the right solution any easier.
And this is where we come in.
We are here to help you spend your money wisely - and in a way that brings the greatest possible benefit to your workflow.

We have been calibrating professional monitors and projectors for many, many years.

We calibrate monitors from: Dolby, FSI, Eizo, Canon, Sony, JVC, SmallHD, Konvision, TVLogic, Atomos, Lilliput, LG, BenQ, ASUS, NEC, and many, many more.
We calibrate projectors from: Dolby, Barco, Sony, JVC, and many, many more.
We calibrate TVs from: LG, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, and many, many more.
We calibrate laptops, tablets, and phones from: Apple, Wacom, XP-Pen, Huion, ASUS, Microsoft, Lenovo, and many, many more.

How We Can Help You

  1. Reference Calibration Service for Monitors / Projectors / TVs / Laptops / Mobile Devices
    • We perform professional calibration of your display, full signal chain validation, GUI monitor matching, and background bias light color adjustment.
    • You receive a report signed by a certified Professional Video Alliance specialist (member of the Hollywood Professional Association).
    • Until the date of the next recommended calibration, you are assigned a dedicated workstation supervisor — your direct point of contact in case of any image-related disputes or technical concerns. You no longer need to explain or justify anything yourself. Simply provide the phone number listed in the report and stop worrying.
  2. Full Studio Signal Chain Design
    • If you work on a Mac…
    • If you are unsure whether your operating system outputs RGB or YUV…
    • If you are not certain whether you are sending video levels, full levels, or extended video levels to your monitor…
    • If you do not know how these settings should be configured on your monitor…
    • If you are unsure which Blackmagic card is best suited to your operating system and workflow…
    • If you do not know which paint color to choose for your background wall…
    • If you are unsure which LED bias lighting system allows proper background color adjustment…
    • If you do not know which monitor should be used for scopes and which for GUI…
    • THIS SERVICE IS FOR YOU :)
    • And if you purchased your monitor from us — this service is completely free! :)
  3. DIY [Monitor] — We Will Profile Your Probe for Your Specific Monitor, Allowing You to Perform Your Own Reference-Level Calibrations
    • You are not yet working with clients who require certified calibration reports
    • You are a professional colorist and want to know whether your monitor already requires professional recalibration
    • You want to learn how to perform true reference-grade calibration yourself
  4. DIY [TV] — We Will Teach You How to Tune, Monitor, and Maintain Your TV at the Lowest Possible Cost
    • You care about image quality
    • You want your TV image to look exactly as the creators intended during color grading and final approval
    • You want to learn how to perform this calibration yourself

Absolute Passion…

Calibration is a form of art to us.

We approach every piece of equipment individually — regardless of whether we have calibrated the same model dozens of times before, or are encountering it for the very first time.

Calibration is an extremely complex field. Modern displays suffer from many issues that were rarely encountered in older technologies — color channel contamination, nonlinear channel reproduction, signal conversion problems within the video chain — just to name a few.
And as calibrators, we face the challenging task of finding the best possible path toward solving them.

That is why during calibration we use software from both leading manufacturers in the world — Calman and LightSpace.
While each of these applications delivers excellent results on its own, they are based on different processing algorithms and each excels in different scenarios. Only together, working as a duo, are they capable of handling the most demanding challenges we encounter in our work.

We specialize primarily in the calibration of professional reference monitors and projectors, but consumer-grade equipment is also something we know very well — and genuinely enjoy working with.

What Equipment Do We Use?

"Calibration is only as accurate as the colorimeter has been profiled with a spectroradiometer for the specific display unit.” — It is worth remembering this when considering lower-cost calibration systems.

For every calibration session, we use top-tier professional calibration equipment: