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color measurement and analysis

 
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PatchTool

Color conversion tools, printer/monitor proofing,
and more...

 
   Version 2.8
 
(January 2010 - What's new?)
 

 

BabelColor CT&A

Color translation,
illumination analysis,
and more...


Version 2.8.6
 
 
(May 2009 - What's new?)

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For Mac   (including Snow Leopard) and Windows  (including Windows 7).
 

 


Topics of interest
 


 PatchTool now includes a chromaticity diagram in its Display Check Quick-Test tool

When performing a Quick-Test where a Neutral (i.e. gray) ramp and RGB ramps are measured on a display, the resulting Compare file now includes a chromaticity diagram (CIE 1931 xy coordinates). This chromaticity diagram shows the measured primaries locations relative to the ones of standard RGB spaces. You can use it, for example, to check how close a wide gamut display is relative to the reference Adobe RGB space. Click here for What's new? in PatchTool 2.8.
 


 New Application Note (AN-7) on the OSA UCS

This very comprehensive Application Note describes the structure and geometry of the Optical Society of America Uniform Color Scales (OSA UCS). The document contains examples of how to navigate within this color space and presents many color scales (color ramps) images which can be generated with PatchTool. The document includes four mini-tutorials. In particular, one tutorial shows how to generate a uniform list of colors which completely fills the gamut of a device profile; such a list can then be used to check a monitor's accuracy with PatchTool Display Check for instance. Another tutorial shows how to compare the gamut of two devices in specific color ranges. This document can be downloaded in the Tutorials page (Look for the AN-7 App Note)..
 


PatchTool's Gamut Tools

Convert color lists using one or two ICC profiles, check if a color list will be clipped by a profile conversion, and generate fixed pitch color lists in device dependent (RGB and CMYK) and device independent (L*a*b*, L*C*h*, XYZ) color spaces. You can also get the patches located on a profile edge or obtain the gamut volume of a profile.
 


PatchTool's can open CxF Version 2 files saved with X-RIte ColorMunki !

PatchTool can import data from CxF Version-2 files (CxF2). The CxF2 data is completely different from the Version-1 format, which it replaces. Until now, there have been very few program capable of opening such files. With PatchTool, you can convert the CxF2 content to a CGATS format or into a file which is easily opened in a spreadsheet; of course, you can also manipulate this data with PatchTool's other tools.
 


FLASH measurements with BabelColor CT&A

By customer demand, it is now possible to measure a flash output using CT&A's Graph tools. You can measure a flash illuminance (in lux-sec) and get its color temperature (CCT, in kelvin) as well as its Color Rendering Index (CRI). You can also compare the flash spectrum against an ideal Illuminant of the same intensity.
 

 
Display check

Display check is a specialized tool of PatchTool. Use it to check your display calibration or to certify your monitor using the recommendations of IDEAlliance.

Many popular colorimeters and spectrometers are supported.

Click here for an example of a monitor certification report you get from PatchTool.

Please download Application Note #4 (AN-4) on the Tutorials page for instructions on on how to get similar data.

 

 

 
Reviews / People who use BabelColor CT&A and PatchTool

PatchTool was tested by Miles Hecker (WyoFOTO) whose review was referred in The Luminous Landscape's "What's New" section. See also how Miles uses BabelColor CT&A to evaluate high-performance B&W ink-jet papers (see Part 2 of his Canson Platine Fibre Rag paper review).

Marcel Patek Digital Photography: A Web site dedicated to the technical aspects of digital imaging, where you will find many examples of how to use BabelColor CT&A and PatchTool, with this page dedicated to BabelColor software.

Univest PrePress: This Company, located in Kiev, uses both PatchTool and BabelColor CT&A to evaluate displays and viewing booths for their customers. Click on the following links for extracts from their reports; you can also do a right-click to download the file. You will find contact info in the documents.

 
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You need to find equivalents between FED-STD-595B, PANTONE, MUNSELL, RAL or other color spaces ?
See our Services page!
 

 


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