PatchTool Features

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i1Pro 2 support

Files saved in industry standard CGATS and CxF (Version-1, Version-2, Version-3) color lists formats
From user-defined lists (plain text format) from spreadsheets or word processors
CMYK and RGB color lists and assign them an ICC profile
RGB data encoded in 8 bit, 15 bit, 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
Spectral data with various scales (0-1 or 0%-100%) and ranges (380-730 nm or 400-700 nm)
Color data saved using the Optical Society of America’s Uniform Color Scales (OSA UCS) notation
Images saved in TIFF format, where each pixels becomes a PatchTool patch
Color swatches saved in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (from Adobe applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator)

Assign IDs and switch between the Measured, Random, and Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 charts
Average color lists using either a weighted or un-weighted method (mix lists with or without spectral data)
Compare a patch in a file to a patch in any other file, and get the color difference value
Compare two files (with the same number of patches) in the same window
Obtain statistical data on the differences between two files
Re-order color lists according to any user-selected color space coordinate (or spectral value when available)
Turn and mirror patch layouts, flip rows and columns, or rename and renumber color lists
Set the display color profile

Convert RGB or CMYK data assigned to a Source profile to a Destination profile
Convert RGB or CMYK data assigned to a profile to the Profile Connection Space (i.e. L*a*b*/XYZ)
Convert L*a*b* or XYZ file data to RGB or CMYK through a profile
Check if RGB or CMYK data assigned to a Source profile is clipped by a Destination profile
Check if L*a*b* or XYZ file data is clipped by a Destination profile
Generate device dependent RGB or CMYK color lists
Generate device independent color lists (L*a*b*/L*C*h*/XYZ) with a gamut limited by a profile
Determine the gamut volume of a profile

To many standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK)
To Munsell HVC notation using many conversion options, and select amongst various output formats
To OSA UCS Ljg notation and generate color lists for any of the nine standard UCS data planes
As CGATS text files or in a simplified Tab-delimited format for text reports and spreadsheets
In many IMAGE formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, 8 and 16 bit)
Spectral data scaled between 0-1 or 0%-100% and in a range of either 380 to 730 nm or 400 to 700 nm
RGB data in 8 bit, 15 bit+ (i.e. Photoshop “16 bit”), “true” 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
Color lists to be used as "Color Decks” in the BabelColor Color Translator and Analyzer (CT&A) program (BabelColor CT&A is not included)
Color swatches in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (these files can be loaded in Adobe applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator)

From the top-left, clockwise: DTP94, Eye-One Display2, i1Pro, Spyder2, Spyder3
(i1Display Pro, i1Pro 2, and Spyder4 not shown).

Check the display calibration (monitor calibration plus display profile)
Check the monitor calibration only (LUT, White Point, grey ramp, primaries)
Check a display profile against itself
Measure your own color list
Assign a Color Correction Matrix to a colorimeter to improve inter-instrument agreement

Measure color samples in any order with no prior knowledge of the patch number
Measure targets defined by a custom chart size for which you have no prior color list
Measure targets which correspond to PatchTool files, which may also correspond to target images generated with PatchTool
With an i1Pro 2, take measurements in M0, M1, and M2 measurement conditions as per ISO 13655-2009

Certify a proofing printer according to IDEAlliance requirements (for SWOP and GRACoL approved papers)
Certify a monitor according to IDEAlliance requirements

Derive Color Correction matrices to improve the inter-instrument agreement of display measurements
Tweak color list values for improved printed accuracy
Extract a profile from an image file
Extract patch values from photographs or images of targets