ProfileMaker 5 Platinum
ProfileMaker 5 Platinum lets you create and edit color profiles for devices such as monitors, digital cameras and printers, including hexachrome devices. It has been developed with the studio photographer in mind, particularly commercial photographers who need color fidelity throughout the workflow. Its specific modules are:
- Digital Camera (ICC profiling)
- Scanner (Create ICC profiles for flatbed or drum scanners)
- Monitor (ICC profiling for both CRT and LCD displays)
- Printer Module (Create ICC profiles for RGB and CMYK output devices)
- MultiColor Output (ICC profiles for RGB, CMYK, Hexachrome and CMYK + Red/Green output devices)
- Editor (edit lightness, contrast, saturation, white point or gradation curves)
- ColorPicker (convert spot colors to process color
- MeasureTool (data collection and profile computation)
Many bundled solutions are available from the vendor if you don't have any i1 hardware devices.
Comment
Most professional photographers buy this type of software as part of a bundle, usually with the i1Pro spectrophotometer. Scanning the color patches can become tedious, so there is a further option to automate it with the i1iO chart reader that reads 500 patches per minute, or the i1iSis automatic reader which can scan 2,500 patches printed on a single A3 page. PM5 is an industry standard that gives the kind of accuracy and consistency you would expect. It scores 5 stars (out of 5) from c|net and other publications.
Tech info
- OS: Windows 2000 onward; Mac OS X
- Price level: Approx. $2,500
X-Rite
X-Rite justly claims to be the global leader in color science and technology. It has acquired several other leading companies in this field. It serves the printing, packaging, photography, graphic design, video, automotive, paints, plastics, textiles, dental and medical industries.
From the same vendor:
- i1 Solutions
- MonacoPROFILER Platinum
- ColorPort Utility Software
- ...and many others
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