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PatchTool for Mac and Windows
Version 4.0 (September 2012): Added support for the
X-Rite i1Pro 2, open CxF3 files, ...
(What's
new?)
PatchTool
is designed to import (CGATS, CxF1, CxF2, CxF3, text files),
process (re-arrange,
average,
compare
with
statistics,
convert),
and export
color lists in a color-managed environment.
Export lists as
images, in plain text format,
in CGATS format, or in
Adobe Swatch
Exchange files; you can also export lists as color catalogues
(Color Decks)
to be used within the BabelColor CT&A
program.
Use its PatchReader
tool to
measure colors in reflectance
with an X-Rite i1Pro or i1Pro 2.
Select between three measurements modes: unconstrained measurements; a
custom chart with user-assigned rows and columns; or a chart defined by an
opened file. With the i1Pro 2, you can select the M0/M1/M2 measurement
condition as defined in
ISO 13655-2009.
Its Display Check
tool enables you to
measure your display
characteristics using a built-in set of patches, or the patches from any
opened color list.
Supported instruments: X-Rite i1Display Pro, Eye-OneTM
Display, DTP94
(formerly from MonacoOPTIXTM),
i1Pro, i1Pro 2;
Datacolor
Spyder2TM, Spyder3TM,
Spyder4TM.
With its Gamut Tools
you can
convert colors using one or two ICC profiles, check if a color list
will be clipped by a profile conversion, determine the
gamut volume of a
profile, and generate fixed pitch
color lists.
Previous updates included:
Version 3.7: Added support for Datacolor Spyder4 colorimeter.
Version 3.6: Added support for X-Rite i1Display Pro colorimeter.
Version 3.5: Added tools to derive a Color Correction Matrix and to extract the colors from a target image. Added the capability to open small TIFF files as patches and import and export Adobe Swatch Exchange (".ase") files.
Features
DeltaE* for AndroidTM
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FluoCheck (New in CT&A 4.0): The FluoCheck tools are made possible by the capabilities of X-Rite's i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer which supports the M0, M1, and M2 Measurement Conditions as defined in ISO 13655-2009. These tools were devised by BabelColor to rapidly evaluate if a color sample is susceptible to fluorescence and if two samples that match without fluorescence still match when fluorescence is taken under consideration.
Whiteness tools: These
tools are specifically designed to measure white paper Whiteness,
Brightness, Fluorescence, and Opacity in three
clicks of your i1Pro or two clicks of your i1Pro 2 (the instruments must
be non-UV-cut model). Since these
measurements need to be done on compliant white and black backings, and
require a well characterized UV-cut filter for fluorescence
measurements if using an i1Pro, we also provide tools to check the compliance of such
backings and measure the characteristics of UV-filters (backings and
UV-filter not included). |
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Use this tool to determine a Color Correction Matrix between two instruments according to ASTM E1455-2010. A Color Correction Matrix helps improve inter-instrument agreement in emission (i.e. display) measurements; it can also be used to correct the response of a colorimeter designed for standard LCD displays when doing measurements on a wide gamut display. Please read this Application Note (PDF file) for more information on the Correction Matrix tool, with an example on how inter-instrument measurements are improved: Here is our revised
Application Note (Revised February 2012) |
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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).. |
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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 can get from PatchTool (converted to a PDF format). Please download Application Note #4 (AN-4) on the Tutorials page for instructions on on how to get similar data. Use this tool in association with BabelColor CT&A
ISO 3664 tools
for complete monitor analysis. |
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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. 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). 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 ? |
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