•Files saved in industry standard CGATS, CxF (Version-1, Version-2, Version-3), and QTX 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 PNG or TIFF format, where each pixels becomes a PatchTool patch•Color swatches saved in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (from Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator)
Color lists functions
•View color lists as well as one CMYK and one RGB profile in 2D/3D graphs(New in V-6.0)•Extract patches from a list to create another list•Copy or delete patches in a list, or add white patches to fill a column•Join two or more files to create a new file•Transfer the ID, Name, CMYK and RGB fields from one file to another•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•Scramble color lists to optimize the contrast between patches in order to print calibration targets•Re-order color lists according to any user-selected color space coordinate (or spectral value when available)•Assign IDs and switch between the Measured, Random, and Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 charts•Turn and mirror patch layouts, flip rows and columns, or rename and renumber color lists•Rename individual color patches
Gamut tools
•Convert colors using one or two ICC profiles•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
Export…
•To many standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h, RGB, CMYK)•To MunsellHVC 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, in a simplified Tab-delimited format for text reports and spreadsheets (PatchTool Specifications)•To the CxF3 file format as well as manyCxF3-compliant file types used by X-Rite's i1Profiler (PatchTool Specifications)•In many IMAGE formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, in 8 bit, 8 bit dithered, or 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 BabelColor CT&A - Free tool! (CT&A is not included)•Color swatches in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (these files can be loaded in Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator)
Display-Check / Display-Reader
From top-left, clockwise: DTP94, Eye-One Display2, i1Pro, Spyder2, Spyder3.Complete Instrument ListDisplay-Check•Check a monitor calibration (White Point, gray ramp, primaries ramps) (Quick-Test)•Measure your own color list on a display•Send lists of RGB data directly to the display (with no color management)•Make display measurements with a Color Correction MatrixDisplay-Reader•Measure display colors in any order with no prior knowledge of the patch number •Automatically make display measurements at fixed time intervals•Export RAW data that can be opened in a spreadsheet application or Processed data that can be opened like a standard color file and compared to other color lists
•Certify a proofing printer according to Idealliance requirements (Requirements: Web site; pdf)•Certify a monitor according to Idealliance requirements (Requirements: Web site; pdf)•Assess conformance to G7 Colorspace Pass/Fail requirements (Idealliance Guide to Print Production)
Misc. tools
•Perform Substrate Correction, i.e. Convert measurements for different backings, or reference data for different substrates, or measurements for different measurement conditions (M0, M1, M2)•Generate a spectrum which matches input tristimulus values (i.e. XYZ, L*a*b*)•Derive Color Correction matrices to improve the inter-instrument agreement of display measurements•Tweak color list values for improved printed accuracy•Extract data from an ICC profile - Free tool!•Extract an ICC profile from an image file•Extract patch values from targets in photographs or images (RGB, CMYK, or L*a*b*)
•Files saved in industry standard CGATS, CxF (Version-1, Version-2, Version-3), and QTX 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 PNG or TIFF format, where each pixels becomes a PatchTool patch•Color swatches saved in the Adobe Swatch Exchange(ASE) file format (from Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator)
Color lists functions
•View color lists as well as one CMYK and one RGB profile in 2D/3D graphs(New in V-6.0)•Extract patches from a list to create another list•Copy or delete patches in a list, or add white patches to fill a column•Join two or more files to create a new file•Transfer the ID, Name, CMYK and RGB fields from one file to another•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•Scramble color lists to optimize the contrast between patches in order to print calibration targets•Re-order color lists according to any user-selected color space coordinate (or spectral value when available)•Assign IDs and switch between the Measured, Random, and Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4charts•Turn and mirror patch layouts, flip rows and columns, or rename and renumber color lists•Rename individual color patches
Gamut tools
•Convert colors using one or two ICC profiles•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
Export…
•To many standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h, RGB, CMYK)•To MunsellHVC 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, in a simplified Tab-delimited format for text reports and spreadsheets (PatchTool Specifications)•To the CxF3 file format as well as manyCxF3-compliant file types used by X-Rite's i1Profiler (PatchTool Specifications)•In many IMAGE formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, in 8 bit, 8 bit dithered, or 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 BabelColor CT&A - Free tool! (CT&A is not included)•Color swatches in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (these files can be loaded in Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator)
Display-Check / Display-Reader
From top-left, clockwise: DTP94, Eye-One Display2, i1Pro, Spyder2, Spyder3.Complete Instrument ListDisplay-Check•Check a monitor calibration (White Point, gray ramp, primaries ramps) (Quick-Test)•Measure your own color list on a display•Send lists of RGB data directly to the display (with no color management)•Make display measurements with a Color Correction MatrixDisplay-Reader•Measure display colors in any order with no prior knowledge of the patch number •Automatically make display measurements at fixed time intervals•Export RAW data that can be opened in a spreadsheet application or Processed data that can be opened like a standard color file and compared to other color lists
•Perform Substrate Correction, i.e. Convert measurements for different backings, or reference data for different substrates, or measurements for different measurement conditions (M0, M1, M2)•Generate a spectrum which matches input tristimulus values (i.e. XYZ, L*a*b*)•Derive Color Correction matrices to improve the inter-instrument agreement of display measurements•Tweak color list values for improved printed accuracy•Extract data from an ICC profile - Free tool!•Extract an ICC profile from an image file•Extract patch values from targets in photographs or images (RGB, CMYK, or L*a*b*)