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Staying true to your vision From gallery-quality prints to vibrant Instagram feeds, great colour starts with an accurately calibrated monitor
A calibrated monitor ensures your edits are precise and repeatable
For anyone whose work depends on accurate colour, a calibrated monitor isn’t a luxury: it’s a must. If your screen doesn’t reflect reality, then each colour correction, exposure tweak or retouching choice is made in the dark. And there’s none better than EIZO’s ColorEdge series of monitors with in-built calibration tools, which will bring confidence, consistency and quality control to your entire workflow. While many believe they can get by with a regular monitor or even a laptop, serious photographers simply can’t afford to rely on uncalibrated screens. Editing images or video on a display that’s too bright, too dim or with a colour cast means the final output – whether that’s on social media or in print – might look completely different from what you intended. That can mean wasted time and frustrating results. Why calibration is crucial Even though you’re working with digital files, colour isn’t universal. Your monitor, smartphone, home printer and a gallery print will all interpret colour differently. What appears warm and golden on your screen may look blue and flat elsewhere due to how the image is being displayed. A miscalibrated screen might lead you to brighten shadow areas unnecessarily or shift colour balance in the wrong direction. Over time, even the best monitors will drift out of calibration, usually so gradually that you don’t notice until something looks
seriously wrong. That’s why calibration isn’t a one-time task; it should be part of a regular maintenance routine. EIZO creates colour confidence EIZO’s ColorEdge monitors are engineered for creative professionals, with a wide colour gamut (including Adobe RGB and DCI-P3), uniform brightness and superb tonal reproduction. Whether you’re editing images, colour grading video or prepping files for print, a ColorEdge monitor means what you see is what you get. Monitors like the new EIZO ColorEdge CG3100X (availability TBC) go even further. It features DCI 4K resolution, a high brightness of 500cd/m² for HDR workflows and a contrast ratio of 1800:1 for deep, accurate blacks. This guarantees consistent visibility of detail across the complete tonal range – crucial when making fine adjustments to shadows or highlights in your edits. The CG3100X also supports both PQ and HLG gamma curves, making it ideal for HDR. Built-in hardware that works Unlike many high-end options that require a separate calibration device, the CG Series of monitors come with their own built- in sensor and ColorNavigator software, which allows for automatic, hardware- level calibration without interrupting your workflow. Schedule it for off-hours and your monitor will stay accurate, with no
need for third-party tools. And it’s worth it: a regularly calibrated EIZO ColorEdge monitor ensures your edits are precise and repeatable. EIZO’s commitment doesn’t stop at image quality. The CG3100X is housed in over 85% recycled plastic and packaged in environmentally friendly moulded pulp as part of the company’s sustainability drive to net zero emissions by 2040. The final image Whether you’re shooting portraits, crafting cinematic edits or preparing exhibition- grade prints, your monitor is the window through which all creative decisions are made. Get it right and your colours sing, your shadows hold their detail and your vision is faithfully realised. With a monitor like the EIZO ColorEdge CG3100X, you don’t just get a screen. You get a trusted creative partner that helps you work better, faster and with confidence. For anyone serious about image making, it’s worth every pixel.
EASY WITH EIZO The CG3100X has lots of connection options and built-in calibration
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