The 3 Best Monitors For Photo Editing - Spring 2025

The best monitor for photo editing is the accurate and vivid Gigabyte AORUS FO32U2P, provided you're OK with the risk of burn-in. Though OLED monitors like the Gigabyte can experience burn-in with static elements like toolbars, they also offer unrivaled image quality. The Gigabyte has a very accurate sRGB mode, and additionally, it displays an extremely wide range of colors in DCI-P3 and Rec. 2020, and it does so very vividly and accurately. It's also superb for editing darker photos, as deep blacks are visible next to bright highlights in a darker room. There's also no blooming around bright objects, and black uniformity is perfect.

In addition to its stellar picture quality it has great connectivity, with a USB-C port with 65W of power delivery, a KVM switch, and fantastic ergonomics. However, it's not well-suited to brighter environments, as it doesn't get bright enough to overcome bright glare, and the deep blacks appear somewhat purple if enough light is shining on the screen. If you find this an issue and still want an OLED, check out the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDP. It gets slightly brighter than the Gigabyte and doesn't have a purple tint with ambient light, but it's also not quite as accurate before calibration, and its colors aren't as vivid.

If you're concerned about the risk of burn-in, the best non-OLED monitor for photo editing is the ASUS ProArt Display PA279CRV. It's a 4k, 27-inch monitor that's designed specifically for content creation. It has picture modes with various color spaces that you can work with, from the basic sRGB color space to the wider Rec. 2020 color space. Colors are accurate before any calibration, and it also displays a wide range of fairly vivid colors in Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 color spaces, but some colors are oversaturated. Another advantage is that its high 4k resolution delivers clear and detailed images.

It has a few features to help your workflow, like an extremely ergonomic stand and a big USB hub to which you can connect various devices, including a USB-C port that supports DisplayPort Alt Mode with 90W of power delivery. It's a good choice if you want to edit in a well-lit room as it gets bright enough to combat glare, but it has more limited picture quality in dark rooms due to its low contrast and terrible local dimming feature. If that's important to you, the Acer Nitro XV275K P3biipruzx has much better picture quality in dark rooms, but it tends to cost more and doesn't have as many picture modes.

If you're looking for a low-cost monitor for photo editing, there are a few good options to consider, like the LG 27GP850-B/27GP83B-B. It has a lower 1440p resolution than the ASUS ProArt Display PA279CRV, so images aren't as detailed. However, apart from this, it performs nearly as well as the ASUS. Though it's designed for gaming, this monitor has an excellent sRGB mode with accuracy that's only a bit worse than the ASUS, so you don't need to calibrate it for the most accurate colors. If you're editing with wider gamuts it also works well, as it displays a wide range of colors in DCI-P3 quite accurately, though it has trouble displaying very dark colors well.

It also gets almost as bright as the ASUS, and it has similar productivity features. It has a USB hub with two USB-A ports, though it lacks a USB-C port. It also has a range of ergonomic adjustments, though, unlike the ASUS, it doesn't swivel.