Affordable Colour Accuracy Software Fills Gap

The new Studio XR2 and Colour Confidence Profiler are said to be suitable for or anyone interested in colour accuracy.

Available from Colour Confidence, Studio XR2 is said provides a starter kit, whilst the Colour Confidence Profiler goes a step further, providing professional standard tools for both monitor and printer profiling.

Studio XR2 includes X-Rite's Eye-One Display 2 monitor calibrator and two of the most popular products from the Colour Confidence own-brand range - the Kodak Colour Management Check-Up Kit and Total Balance.

Total Balance is described as a convenient and durable flexible grey card to help photographers produce correctly exposed images with good tonal range.

The Eye-One Display 2's Eye-One Match software provides monitor calibration modes, creating an accurate, trusted source for image viewing and editing, said Colour Confidence.

The Kodak Kit completes the process, offering a way to check the accuracy of results.

The Colour Confidence Profiler is a complete monitor and printer profiling system and is claimed to be the first to offer professional level performance for under GBP500 (EUR750).

Built around the Eye-One Pro automated measuring device, the package includes monitor calibration software and the Colour Confidence Print Profiler ICC profiling application.

Colour Confidence said that whilst most other packages, including some in a higher price bracket, concentrate solely on RGB profiling, the Colour Confidence Profiler is designed for flexibility and is suitable for both RGB and CMYK printers.

That added functionality means that should a user's needs change, there is no need to upgrade their system.

The company added that the Profiler continues to go beyond comparable systems thanks to the inclusion of EFI Color Verifier, a program designed to help users check the accuracy of a printer profile, spot colour drift problems, or check consistency between printers.

Until now customers have been forced to choose between RGB and CMYK profiling and either slow patch-by-patch measurement, or the more expensive automated reading devices.

The Colour Confidence Profiler is said to eliminate the need for compromise, offering automation and profiling for RGB and CMYK printers.

Studio XR2 and the Colour Confidence Profiler will be available from the Colour Confidence website, the Colorstore network and selected resellers from May 1.

Geoffrey Clements, managing director of Colour Confidence, said: "At Colour Confidence we are committed to de-mystifying colour management, and making it affordable for as wide an audience as possible is a major part of that.

The merger between X-Rite and GretagMacbeth has led to major product rationalisation and an understandable lack of new product activity.

By introducing not one, but two new key systems, we're aiming to ensure consumer choice is maintained." And he continued: "A key element of the Colour Confidence ethos is that we are a dedicated colour company providing systems from all the leading manufacturers.

This is something which will not change.

However, based on customer feedback we feel there is a strong demand for affordable, colour management products at entry and professional levels and we have chosen to be pro-active about filling this gap in the market.".

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