Macintosh:
- Mac OS X (10.2 or higher)
- Apple ColorSync 3.03 or higher
- 128 MB of available RAM
- 80 MB of available hard disk space
- Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher
- USB support
Windows:
- Windows 2000 or XP
- Processor: Pentium II, 266 MHz or higher
- 128 MB of available RAM
- 80 MB of available hard disk space
- Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher
Color management and calibration are part and parcel of every editor’s arsenal of tools to assure the best output possible. Calibration can be a lengthy, time-consuming process, yet a necessary one for any professional. This can become a nightmare if you’re a graphics artist or video editor working in multiple color profiles at one time or multiple color profiles throughout the day. This challenge becomes amplified once you add in projectors, cameras, scanners, graphic tools, etc.
There are numerous calibration tools out there; I’ve used or tested many of them. However, there’s one on the market now, the i1 Display2 from X-Rite, which offers a very unique toolset. More importantly, it includes training on how to calibrate a variety of hardware devices and save the resulting profiles.
(Note: For those of you remembering the product as GretagMacbeth’s Eye-One Display 2, you’re right. GretagMacbeth, the product’s developer, merged last year with X-Rite and the product is now being billed as the “all new i1 Display2,” selling under the X-Rite name.)
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