Re: Color Measurement Accuracy - Reflective mode
Re: Color Measurement Accuracy - Reflective mode
- Subject: Re: Color Measurement Accuracy - Reflective mode
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:36:33 -0400
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The "minimal" software package ($1500) from GretagMacbeth
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email@hidden is FAR more robust in just doing displays than
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what you get with Spectrocam.
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You have the control over the RGB guns and the ability to set black point
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using the instrument. The Eye-One is also USB (which is handy) and is
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powered by that USB cable so you don't need an additional power supply like
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the SpectroCam.
Andrew, granted that the profiling app that ships with the Spectrocam is
"minimal", to say the least. But, there is nothing that stops one from using
Prove It version 2.0.2 which supports the SpectroCam, at an extra $195 -
granted.
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Both packages above don't allow creation of output profiles. So consider
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what an additional cost to you would be with both instruments to make
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profiles. With the SpectroCam, you could get away for a bit less money
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depending on what profiling package you get that supports it (You could for
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example drop another $999 for Matchbox and chuck the ColorMouse). For $1500
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you'd have the Eye-One Pro software package which is really quite nice and
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produces very good output profiles as you'd expect from GretagMacbeth. Of
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course, as GretagMacbeth starts sending out SDK's (which I believe they have
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done) other software companies will support the Eye-One internally into
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their own products.
For now, is the EyeOne Pro software able capture of any layout of color
patches (a la SpectroCam)? I guess, it's probably just a matter of time.
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What GretagMacbeth could consider would be producing a small utility that
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would allow export of spectral data to a formatted text file so one could
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import that data into existing profiling products much like you can do with
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Spectrocam. But I don't know if that's a good idea for them considering that
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they do supply a very good profiling package for an additional $1500.
This they will probably do in the near future if they see a demand and that
is not contrary to their market positionning.
One last comment: how would you characterize the relative accuracy of the
EyeOne? Is it the same light source and detector as the Spectrolino? Is it
as "accurate" and "repeatable" as a Spectrolino?
Thank's for your reply, Andrew.
Roger Breton