BabelColor ®
Color Measurement
and Analysis
Import…
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Files saved in industry standard CGATS and CxF (Version-1, Version-2, Version-3) color lists formats
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From user-defined lists (plain text format) from spreadsheets or word processors
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CMYK and RGB color lists and assign them an ICC profile
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RGB data encoded in 8 bit, 15 bit, 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
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Spectral data with various scales (0-1 or 0%-100%) and ranges (380-730 nm or 400-700 nm)
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Color data saved using the Optical Society of America’s Uniform Color Scales (OSA UCS) notation
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Images saved in PNG or TIFF format, where each pixels becomes a PatchTool patch
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Color swatches saved in the Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) file format (from Adobe programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator)
Color lists functions
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View color lists as well as one CMYK and one RGB profile in 2D/3D graphs (New in V-6.0)
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Extract patches from a list to create another list
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Copy or delete patches in a list, or add white patches to fill a column
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Join two or more files to create a new file
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Transfer the ID, Name, CMYK and RGB fields from one file to another
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Average color lists using either a weighted or un-weighted method (mix lists with or without spectral data)
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Compare a patch in a file to a patch in any other file, and get the color difference value
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Compare two files (with the same number of patches) in the same window
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Obtain statistical data on the differences between two files
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Scramble color lists to optimize the contrast between patches in order to print calibration targets
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Re-order color lists according to any user-selected color space coordinate (or spectral value when available)
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Assign IDs and switch between the Measured, Random, and Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 charts
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Turn and mirror patch layouts, flip rows and columns, or rename and renumber color lists
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Rename individual color patches
Gamut tools
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Convert colors using one or two ICC profiles
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Convert RGB or CMYK data assigned to a Source profile to a Destination profile
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Convert RGB or CMYK data assigned to a profile to the Profile Connection Space (i.e. L*a*b*/XYZ)
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Convert L*a*b* or XYZ file data to RGB or CMYK through a profile
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Check if RGB or CMYK data assigned to a Source profile is clipped by a Destination profile
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Check if L*a*b* or XYZ file data is clipped by a Destination profile
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Generate device dependent RGB or CMYK color lists
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Generate device independent color lists (L*a*b*/L*C*h/XYZ) with a gamut limited by a profile
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Determine the gamut volume of a profile
Export…
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To many standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h, RGB, CMYK)
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To Munsell HVC notation using many conversion options, and select amongst various output formats
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To OSA UCS Ljg notation and generate color lists for any of the nine standard UCS data planes
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As CGATS text files, in a simplified Tab-delimited format for text reports and spreadsheets (PatchTool Specifications)
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To the CxF3 file format as well as manyCxF3-compliant file types used by X-Rite's i1Profiler (PatchTool Specifications)
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In many IMAGE formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, in 8 bit, 8 bit dithered, or 16 bit)
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Spectral data scaled between 0-1 or 0%-100% and in a range of either 380 to 730 nm or 400 to 700 nm
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RGB data in 8 bit, 15 bit+ (i.e. Photoshop “16 bit”), “true” 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
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Color lists to be used as "Color Decks” in BabelColor CT&A - Free tool! (CT&A is not included)
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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 the top-left, clockwise: DTP94, Eye-One Display2, i1Pro,
Spyder2, Spyder3 (i1Display Pro, i1Pro 2, and Spyder4 not shown).
Display-Check
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Check a monitor calibration (White Point, gray ramp, primaries ramps) (Quick-Test)
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Measure your own color list on a display
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Send lists of RGB data directly to the display (with no color management)
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Make display measurements with a Color Correction Matrix
Display-Reader
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Measure display colors in any order with no prior knowledge of the patch number
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Automatically make display measurements at fixed time intervals
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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
Printer and monitor proofing
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Certify a proofing printer according to Idealliance requirements (Requirements: Web site; pdf)
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Certify a monitor according to Idealliance requirements (Requirements: Web site; pdf)
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Assess conformance to G7 Colorspace Pass/Fail requirements (Requirements: Web site ; pdf)