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MonacoPROFILER
Vendor: X-Rite
Purpose: Color profile creation and editing for photo labs, repro shops, and high-end commercial
photographers
Description
MonacoPROFILER from the market leader in color management is the most comprehensive
software bundle for creating ICC profiles, not only for monitors, scanners, and
printers, but also for digital cameras (Platinum edition). It is supported by a good deal
of literature, help, tutorials, and events.
The latest version of MonacoPROFILER includes options for multi-ink profiles and
calibration for LCD monitors. It also supports X-Rite’s IntelliTrax auto-scanning system,
which helps when you have to scan up to 3,000 patches while building a profile.
Among the editing options are manipulation of lightness, saturation, and output curves,
plus the ability to make selective color adjustments. In common with industry practice
it lets you relinearize an output device such as a printer without having to make fundamental
measurements each time.
Comments
Overkill for most photographers, MonacoPROFILER is the software used by most
newspapers and large print suppliers. The top, Platinum edition supports true hexachrome
and spot-color palettes. More powerful than the i1 solutions, MonacoPROFILER
is compatible with instruments used in that range, such as the i1Pro spectrophotometer
and the i1iO automated scanning table.
Version: 4.8 (2008)
OS: Windows XP and Vista; Mac OS X.10.2
RAM: 512MB
Supported file formats: TIFF
Price level: Gold approx. $3,000, Platinum approx. $4,400
Address: X-Rite Inc., Kentwood, Michigan, United States
www.xrite.com
PictoColor inCamera
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Vendor: PictoColor Corporation
Purpose: A quick, easy way to create ICC profiles for digital cameras and scanners