This is a fantastic overview. For everyone that thinks this is a lot of work, it certainly is, but its not something you have to do for every shoot or every photo. To get close enough, white balance is often enough. You can also create a few profiles for each camera/lens combo in various common lighting situations and get "close enough" for most of the time and only pull out the works on a job that requires perfectly accurate color. Sometimes accurate colors aren't even "correct" for a scene.

Best video explanation of the ColorChecker Passport by far!

The best instructor on youtube HANDS DOWN! I have learned so much! Now I have to buy a color checker.

Best tutorial on color checker passport! No question about it. Thanks a lot Mark!

Mark Dude, you explain things so well. Thank you. Adorama is lucky to have you.

I just bought one color checker passport. I think I learned a lot by watching your video. I am shooting tomorrow, yeahhhh. Thank you Mark Wallace

I've had my ColorChecker Passport sitting in a cupboard unopened for quite a few months until I viewed this video, may thanks Mark!

Don't touch the chips. Don't touch the chips. Oh, I touched the chips!!! Thanks so much, Mark. Excellent tutorial that will help my work.

I set my aperature, ISO & shutter speed with the help of my Sekonic LiteMaster Pro L-478DR. Then I use my Expo disc for white balance by taking a direct picture of my strobe light or speedlite flash. Finally I use the Color Checker Passport with the help of a model holding it next to their face. Post production using Adobe Lightroom. Works every time.

Thank you, I learned so much more than I ever knew about the color checker!!!!

I just bought one. Now I understand how to use !!!! Thanks Mark and Adorama

Best description ever! Just bought one b/c you sold it and I love Lightroom.

Mark, thanks for a very helpful tutorial! I've had a ColorChecker on my shelf for a while and now that I better understand what it can do and how to use it, I'll git 'er goin'!

Thank you so much Mark. So clear teaching module that is going to change the way I do photography.

Mark, your instruction is a lot better than X-Rite. They should learn from you.

Exelente video, hace tiempo que colecciono videos de como utilizar el ColorChecker y la verdad ninguno es tan completo, profesional y didáctico como el de Mark. Muchas gracias por tus lecciones, estoy aprendiendo un montón y espero que puedas leer estas pocas palabras. Atentamente, tu alumno. Aldo

Another Gorgeous Model, Great Stuff

Started using this a couple weeks ago after watching and it's making a big difference in post. A little cumbersome having to restart LR afterwards but it saves a lot of time. Recommendation for replacement is two years as the colors will fade. Maybe sooner if you use it outdoors a lot

AMAZING POCKET I USE IT IN ALMOST ALL OF THE PHOTO SHOOTS FROM STUDIO AND ONLOCATION IT NEVER GOES BAD

Very instructive tutorial. Thanks Marky!

Excellent video

Exactly what I was looking for Mark. Thanks!

Thank you for the tutorial Mark.

Mark i gess that by now you are the most famous photografer in the world.

Excellent video.. Right to the point..

Excellent !

i wish i found learning this much fun when i was back in school

You saved my life. Thank you!

Thank you for great informative tutorial video.

no need to calibrate for each exposure but rather create a profile for every light set up (eg. ambient, strobes, mix light etc.) i doubt it is possible :D means bad business if that happens

Very good video. Thanks for that!

Could you please put the links to the other episodes in the video or in the description for easier access. Great training! Thanks

If you do this for every shoot dont you end up having hundreds and thousands of profiles? or can you delete them again and the colors stay right?

@peckerdecker Lets say we are both using Apple monitors to make it easier. While they are both the same type, you understand they are going to be different. When we both calibrate our monitors we both use the same color profile 'AdobeRGB 1998'. Thus the calibration device and software will create a profile that should make our colors the same on different monitors. Same with the printer/paper. You can create a profile for a printer and send it to me anywhere on earth and I can work with it.

Thank you so much! An excellent training video!

@Fearlessroby Buy a calibrator for monitor, calibrate it. Buy Colorchecker passport and calibrate your camera. Buy a calibrator for your printer, calibrate it. For each of them create a profile. Be sure you create a profile for each illuminant in which you will shoot, work and view your prints. Also, be sure your printer and your monitor are good enough, because calibration doesnt make your equipment better, just take them to a standard.

Excellent!!! Thank you so much!

Awesome primer. Thank you.

Great video. Thanks.

thanks so much its a great EP

Thank you for this!

7:45 Actually it should be named by Camera model and lighting situation, because those are what determines when you need to make a new custom camera profile

Great tutorial!

tremendously helpful~!. As for the color correction, 3rd row of below panel will be very useful if i apply the correct digits of R/G/B, C/M/Y. BUT,,one Question. If u already adjusted the WB b4 shooting,, why bother to correct to WB once again from the color checker, unless u want to modify it????.

yup it can by the use of camera raw and the software that came with it to create dng profile :D

Mark, you just touched the gray card 3:36 :) great videos though!

once you register your colorchecker passport there will be an email that will be sent and have to dl the profile manager... install it and run it then there...

@peckerdecker Calibrate the printer for the paper used. Calibrate the monitors. That's the only way to get accurate color.

thank you.

I have a question on how the Colorchecker actually works. My impression was that it would give a profile which would essentially standardise colours across images. For example if I took an image (using the Colorchecker) under one set of lighting conditions, then did the same under different conditions, I could use the Colorchecker to make them comparable after applying the custom profile (e.g. same RGB/Lab values for the same colour). However, having used it I see that they vary dramatically, and I am thinking this is not how it works afterall. Am I trying to get it to do something it just can't?

What are the white swatches for on the grey card/color checker if you only use the grey swatch when selecting white(grey) balance?

i finally purchase this and it is great but i have a question : if i take a shot without the card daylight what color balance is the best to use on camera ? Actually i use a custom white balance with the natural grey of the card but if i want to change the color balance i "can't" because i have not taken the card on a picture. But if i keep some reference pictures i can use the same balance and change temperature a bit with copy past balance ont the other picture. so why xrite not add a tool to change the balance without the card in post prod to add this ? Because if y use a picture in another collection i need to have ref on this collection too :/

i'm confused there is an x-rite color checker passport photo and there is x-rite color checker passport photo 2 and finally there is x-rite color checker passport Video can anybody please check me with the usage for each one and let's say that you have the color checker for Video does it work on the photos as well ? thanks

Will the ColorCheckerPassport still be accurate if my light intensity changes just like when a picture is over exposed or under exposed? Do I have to keep my setting constant or can I still change my iso, shutter speed, and aperture without affecting the color change of the picture?

Great explanation! Thank you! By the way, does it work with PS Elements? How?

When setting the blacks why did the shadows clip before the absolute black box on the color checker?

software isn't working with lightroom 6 ? What am i doing wrong.

Hi Folks, when you are in the studio, and you take a shot of the X-rite, then continue to shoot, do you need to take another shot of the target if you move or adjust the lighting levels? Or, do you take a shot of the X-rite one time with the lighting set up for that session and use it for the whole session? Thanks!

how to share the exact same image parameters with another person that doesn't have same screen resolution and get predictable result as far as shade communication. how to print with true color match.

how does colorchecker stack up to expo disk? i just picked up colorchecker passport and love it

@Mark Wallace curious to know - when working with interior photography, where do you place the color checker? And do you have any videos for tips on interior photography? Thanks! And great videos.

Have you an opinion on using the "Expo Disc".

Hi Mark - What is the point of getting acurate white balance and colors, if you adjust them (warm them up, or cool them) according to your taste, in the end?

This looks great but i'm wondering if i have to do this process every time i change my lighting in the studio, i'm constantly changing it so it might not be too practical for me.

very informative

Question: Whats the expiration time for the colors on the ColorChecker? UV light will shift the calibrated colors a little over time. Anyone have any advice on that?

Thank you. I'm confused about one thing. I read that even if you can't continually take a shot of the color checker it's better to use any profile created with a certain lens than none at all. So, I took a shot of the color checker at golden hour one night and then throughout my sunset photos I used my fold up grey card (which is easier for me to take a pic of, since I can't hold the color checker and shoot it) to keep getting the correct white balance. So my white balance looked great in my photos, but I then applied the color checker from that lens (taken at golden hour) and it automatically changed my white balance and it looked awful. I changed the white balance back to what I shot in camera but then the colors all looked really weird. What do I do in a case like this? If you could answer me I'd really appreciate it. I contacted customer service for X-Rite and was told to read the manual but I can't find this scenario and am spending a lot of time trying to find the answer in videos. Thank you!

I've notice that some photographers say that you must zoom in to photograph the gray card..... just wondering if this is a different process with the color checker passport?

Nice one

you said that just touch the edge, but when you explain about dont touch the color, you touch the grey card on bottom 3:05

Hello Mark, Could you also demo using the same (X-Rite ColorChecker passport) with Aperture 3.2? Thank you.

Mark does set the white balance before taking the first shot. So all this images are already corrected, right? So how does it changes so much when he sets the software profile "elie profile"? Is there any that is more right, more accurate than the other? and when he set the WB for portraits saying that he almost always choose the second pannel, creating his style, does it mean that he always get through all 3 WB settings? or, if he just select the second panel of the portrait series, it doesn't matter if he already setted WB before, right? because PS does that for you by calibrating in that square... or?

Mark, how (or would) you use ColorChecker in a Premiere Pro workflow?

Hi, If the color checker is included in the the picture, would this work with film DNG scan files?

Shared! :)

Not working on Lightroom 2016-2017 version.

what about printing the images? and getting the same colours onto paper as on the screen how will that photo look on another computer monitor? (computer screens aren't calibrated) so one image will look different on another screen? best wishes

Great Video, thank You. Just one question : if you create a profile for all your shoots, I presume you will delete some profiles over time. When you delete a profile will this not affect the picture you made with? I am still new to LightRoom, so I do not know how profiles are embed in my DNG. Thanks Again, Didier

Hi, I have a Adobe photoshop CS6 and was wondering whether the color checker passport will work with it?

Hello, do you have a tuto on colorChecker with Capture One?

Hey there, thanks for that video. But do I get it right, that I have to do a new profile everytime me and my model change position like from the shadow into the sun? That could mean a lot of, right?

can you use this on final cut pro x... i dont see any eyedroper on FCPX thanks

QUESTION ! Do snapfactorys photo editor use mouse or tablet ?

@GhostofRazors hi, how would you physically calibrate a client computer screen or any ones? i am in London your in Yankee land. how will you physically calibrate your screen to mine? how would you calibrate an industrial printer to your home monitor screen? it would be nice if what you said was practically and physically possible. best wishes

Hi , Mark! can i use this colorchecker passport for video ?

Hi Mark, can it be done in CS6 or CS6 ? Thanks

Hey, do you know "PhotoSFXart" (do a Google search for it)? There you can watch a great free video explaining how to make brilliant photographs. It made it possible for Joe to take pictures that have that jaw-dropping-effect while you look at them. It may work for you also.

any tips on how to use with capture one?

So, a new profile for each shoot? wont the profile tab be stuffed?

@Mark: why you have an X-rite lanyard with it, and i dont! Bad X-rite! :(

Ellie is cute AF.

for the algo

What camera are you using?

ok never mine 4:08 just answered my question...lol

Hey there, do you know "Photo SFXart Tricks" (just google it)? On their website you can watch a good free video featuring how you can shoot awesome photographs. This made it easier for Matt to create photographs that leave you with that jaw-dropping-effect when you take a look at them. Perhaps it will help you too...

Does anyone else feel super cringey when the models come in the shot and have to awkwardly stand there forever while Mark talks? Lol

Ok everything is good!, But why she's fucking up her mouth like this in front of the camera? x'D

Is that a Kardashian?

nothing he said in that video couldnt be learned by watching some free youtube videos.... no need to buy a book or kit.