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(New in version 4.0)
Toolbar window: BabelColor CT&A's top window contains a
toolbar with icons that open
each set of tools in separate windows. The icons are separated in three
groups. The first group, with three icons, is associated to the
RGB vs RGB tool, a tool which accepts tristimulus
type color space inputs such as L*a*b* and RGB. The second group, with seven
icons, is associated to tools which require
spectral data in order to provide a measurement. The last group has one
icon, which opens the Help documentation. Opening and closing windows can be
done with the toolbar icons or with the "Tools" menu, which contains
additional window management functions.
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Designed for Windows and Mac: Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows
7/Windows 8,
Mac OS X (PowerPC and Mac Intel).
Although the interface is very similar on all platforms, the menus are laid
out and labeled according to the user-guidelines for each platform.
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Help manual: The
program comes with a complete help manual which covers the operation and
background information relative to each tool. The manual also includes many
chapters devoted to basic color theory, including detailed equations. The
manual is available in PDF
format (400+ pages) and as a stand-alone
HTML
Help Windows application. Both formats contain thousands of hyperlinks,
for easy navigation, and a thorough index. You can use and keep these
manuals
even if you do not buy the program!
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Tutorials: The help
manual includes many tutorials to learn how
to use the program features.
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No instrument is required to use the RGB vs RGB tool. However,
this tool will accept an input from many colorimeters and spectrophotometers
manufactured by X-Rite. Click
here
for more information on the
supported
instruments.
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Compare or
convert colors from two RGB spaces,
two catalogues of color chips (herein called
Color Decks), or a RGB
space and a Color Deck. The two colors can be compared
on various backgrounds (white, gray, black), against each other, or
superimposed on one another. You can see how text of the two selected
colors will look on white or black, or on a background of the other color.
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Select amongst twenty (20)
predefined RGB spaces plus one custom space. (detailed
specifications - RGB spaces)
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Define a RGB space with custom primaries, a
custom illuminant, and a custom gamma (including the L*,
i.e. L-star Tone Response Curve used in eciRGB_v2). Export your custom RGB
space as an ICC profile. (detailed
specifications - custom RGB spaces)
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For RGB spaces, input data in RGB, L*a*b*, L*u*v*, pick a color in
the "xy" chromaticity diagram, or measure it using one of the
supported
instruments. Measuring modes: reflectance, emission, ambient, flash (when available for a given instrument).
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Navigate through, and convert
from/to, thousands of color chips from
four well known color catalogues (Color Decks): British Standard 5252F,
Munsell,
FED-STD-595, and
RAL CLASSIC. Add your own color list as a Color
Deck. (detailed
specifications - Color Decks)
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Get color coordinates in eleven different representations and
variants (HSB, Hex #, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, Munsell HVC, etc.). (detailed
specifications - color difference)
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Get color difference values in seven industry standard formulas and
variants. Get a color difference in D50 when the two compared colors are
characterized with different illuminants. See the individual numerical contributions of
DeltaL*, DeltaC*,
and DeltaH* to the total DeltaE difference, as well as Delta h*.
(detailed
specifications - color difference)
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Identify clipped coordinates
(out of gamut) when converting colors to a RGB space.
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When using a colorimeter/spectrophotometer in emission or
ambient measurement mode, obtain the Luminance (cd/m2)
or Illuminance (lux), as well as the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT,
in kelvin).
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Except for the FluoCheck tools, all spectral tools accept
inputs from an i1Pro or i1Pro 2 spectrophotometer,
manufactured by X-Rite;
the FluoCheck tools requires an i1Pro 2. Please note that the Eye-One Display
and i1Display Pro are colorimeters which measure only tristimulus data and
cannot be used with any of the spectral tools. Click
here
for more information on the
supported instruments.
These tools are grouped in separate windows:
- Density: A full featured densitometer which
comprises a basic Reflection Density tool and more advanced Dot Area,
Apparent Trap, Print Contrast, Hue Error, Grayness, and Saturation
measurement tools. The ideal tool to measure your prints Dmax! (Density
detailed specifications)
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FluoCheck: The FluoCheck tools provide numerical
data on the color stability of one or two samples under the M0, M1, and M2 Measurement
Conditions as defined in ISO 13655. A Fluorescence Index (FI) is obtained by
measuring a sample using either M0 (i.e. Ill-A) or M1 (i.e. D50), and M2
(i.e. UV-cut), and computing the color difference between the two
measurements. When two samples are compared, a Fluorescence Metamerism Index
(FMI) is obtained by using the M2 measurements of the two samples, and either
the M0 or M1 measurements (a different FMI is computed relative to M0 and
M1). (FluoCheck detailed
specifications)
- Graph: The Graph tools enable you to compare two
spectrums and perform simple spectral math operations between them (Add,
Subtract, Average, Multiply). Measurements can be taken in reflectance,
emission, ambient and flash modes. Compare an ambient or flash spectrum
to the spectrum of an ideal blackbody or D-series illuminant of the same
illuminance. (Graph detailed
specifications)
- ISO 3664+: The ISO 3664+ tools can be used to
evaluate the viewing conditions for Prints, Transparencies, and Color
monitors, as per ISO 3664, with additional flexibility in setting the
individual goals. The measurements include: Color Rendering Index (CRI; CIE Publication 13); ambient illuminance (lux); monitor luminance (cd/m2);
monitor and ambient color temperatures, chromaticity, and illumination
uniformity; light-booth and daylight simulators evaluation (MI and Quality
Grade based on ISO 23603 / CIE S 012). (ISO
3664+ detailed specifications)
- Metamerism Index (MI): The Metamerism Index (MI)
tools provide numerical data on the stability of a sample under various
illuminants using the Color Inconstancy Index (CII, CIECAT02). When two
samples are compared, a MI index is automatically computed. In addition to
many standard Illuminants, you can measure or upload the spectrums of up to
two ambient illuminants for visualization and computation. (MI
detailed specifications)
- RAL Design: The RAL Design tool is used to
directly obtain the color of a measured sample in RAL DESIGN notation. (RAL
Design detailed specifications)
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Whiteness: The
Whiteness tools are designed to measure the whiteness, brightness,
fluorescence, and opacity of printing papers. Please note that fluorescence
measurements require either an i1Pro 2 which supports the M0 and M2
Measurement Conditions, or an i1Pro which is NOT UV-cut plus a thin
transparent UV filter (not provided). The other measurements require
compliant white or black backings, which are also not provided; however, you
can easily check a backing compliance with the Whiteness tools. (Whiteness
detailed specifications)
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