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News Release from: GretagMacbeth AG | Subject: Eye-One Display 2, Eye-One Display LT
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 April 2006
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GretagMacbeth has launched a new high-end professional version of its award-winning Eye-One Display 2 monitor calibration system.
GretagMacbeth has launched a new high-end professional version of its award-winning Eye-One Display 2 monitor calibration system The company said that in today's digital world, the computer monitor is the first and most important visualisation of what is in the digital file and accurate colour is essential
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 15 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new functions in the Eye-One systems are a result of the new Eye-One Match 3.6 software that is included with the devices, making it suitable for new users, as well as existing Eye-One Display 2 and Eye-One Pro users who want to gain more from their investments.
Eye-One Display 2 is said to provide enhanced Workgroup Match capabilities for anyone who needs to match multiple monitors - either within their own studio or in a collaborative production environment, including their customers and suppliers.
That is said to ensure consistent on-screen colour viewing throughout the production workflow.
Calibration parameters can be extracted from an existing GretagMacbeth monitor profile and used as a baseline for all of the monitors in a workgroup to ensure consistency from monitor to monitor.
Users can also define custom gamma, white point and luminance settings for their profiles to meet their exact requirements.
With Eye-One Display 2, users can utilise the ambient check and match functions to take precise measurements of the ambient light in their environment to ensure that their standard viewing conditions remain consistent.
Users can also incorporate ambient light data in to their profiles for a better correlation between their monitor and studio or any other viewing conditions, such as a gallery where their images will be displayed.
Eye-One Display 2 provides a number of new tools to help speed the profiling process and help users evaluate the quality of their profiles and monitor, including push-button calibration, a fully automatic calibration for popular monitors, a before and after image for assessing profile quality and validation.
Monitor trend data helps users track the overall performance of their monitors.
Current Eye-One Display 2 owners can benefit from the Eye-One Display 2 enhancements by downloading the new Eye-One Match 3.6 software from GretagMacbeth's website.
According to the company, Eye-One Display LT provides an entry point for people who are investing in monitor calibration for the first time.
It enables a basic set of functions within the new version of Eye-One Match 3.6 that provides users with the possibility to calibrate their monitors and adjust the colour on-screen with a few clicks.
Features include push-button monitor calibration, profile creation using pre-defined gamma and white point settings, the ability to check ambient light conditions and a before and after image for assessing profile quality.
If a user wants to upgrade their Eye-One Display LT to an Eye-One Display 2, they can do so at any time by purchasing a license code to enable the full Eye-One Match 3.6 functions.
Eye-One Display 2 will continue to have a list price of US$249 or Eur249.
Eye-One Display LT is list priced at US$169 (Eur169).
Both products are compatible with Mac OS X (10.3 or higher) and Windows 2000, XP and x64.
Eye-One Display 2 is available immediately through the GretagMacbeth reseller network worldwide.
Eye-One Display LT is available through select GretagMacbeth resellers in Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as through Pantone and its reseller network worldwide.
Current owners of Eye-One Display 2 and Eye-One Pro systems (including Eye-One Design and Eye-One Photo) can download the new Eye-One Match 3.6 software for free from the GretagMacbeth website.
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