Colour Critical Displays
High performance colour management solutions
For imaging professionals, video editors, digital prepress, photographers, colourists and VFX artists, engaged in video workflows, colour reproduction is critical. With standard computer monitors, subtle colour casts can multiply across space and time with unwanted surprises. Out in the field or in post, working alone or as part of a dispersed team, everyone needs to see exactly the same image characteristics every time - this is where reference monitors come in supported by colour management calibration tools to ensure maximum accuracy.
Colour Critical Displays
Imaging professional are recommended to use LED backlit displays based on IPS (In-plane Switching) panel technology. LEDs reduce screen flicker when compared to LCD monitors and IPS panels allow for improved colour reproduction and image quality, plus offering viewing angles of 178-degrees horizontal and vertical. The means they are significantly less likely to exhibit any colour or contrast shifts when viewed from off-centre.
Colour Space & Bit Depth
For professional users engaging in colour critical projects the sRGB (Standard Red Green Blue) colour space may not be enough - a higher standard of colour accuracy from a reference monitor is required, and high-end wide gamut 10-bit displays with support for colour spaces such as Adobe RGB, P3 and Rec.
Calibration
Whichever level of panel you choose, with daily use the characteristics of all monitors drift over time. These subtle shifts in colour temperature and brightness mean regular calibration is required. While general purpose IPS monitors will benefit from regular software calibration, professional users should choose a monitor that supports internal hardware calibration.
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