Color Munkis
Color Munkis
- Subject: Color Munkis
- From: Brian Lawler <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:50:39 -0700
Hi my friends, (I couldn't help myself)
I have just received two Color Munkis.
One is called Create, the other is called Design.
In the Design box are a Color Munki (which according to the literature
is a spectrophotometer) and a Pantone Goe Color book.
In the Create box is a white version of the iOne Display colorimeter.
Since I already own one of those, it is very familiar to me.
After the software download for the Design, I tested the Munki
instrument for a short while.
The software is beautiful, allowing palettes to be built and exported
for use in Adobe applications and in QuarkXPress.
I calibrated one of my two 23-inch Cinema Displays, and that process
went well, and is similar in function to all the rest. A bunch of
colors flash on the screen, and the instrument gets happier and
happier until the point of satisfaction, at which time it writes a
profile to your profiles folder and applies it. You get a before/after
view.
And, like many other screen calibration systems, it will remind me now
every four weeks (I set it to the longest time) to recalibrate.
Design will look through your iPhoto library, and allow you to select
an image, from which it will create a suggested color palette. This is
a cool idea. I tried quite a few, and was impressed with the selection
of colors that the software chooses from an image.
It will also do the same for the libraries of Aperture and Lightroom
(I think).
It will also open the usual (and some unusual) color libraries,
including the new Goe color library, allowing you to choose colors
from that, to build palettes of colors, and to make those available to
your other applications.
All of this can be done without a "filter" ICC profile, or you can
apply a print profile, which will eliminate any out-of-gamut colors
from the palette on the screen. I tried a few of the usual suspects to
see how it works. [the Munki software just popped a message on my
screen reminding me that I have not calibrated my OTHER Cinema
Display, and suggesting that I do it now. I hope this doesn't become
irritating.]
At a glance Color Munki looks solid and accurate. The instrument is
elegant and easy to use. It will calibrate projectors (I am going to
try this next week) and will make printer profiles (I am going to do
that next week also).
Color Munki is also available in a Photographer's version, which I did
not get. It features the same instrument in black plastic, and a
variation on the same software theme.
Once I have tested this new device thoroughly, I will write again to
let you all know how it works in a regular work flow.
Meanwhile, I have other monkeys to get off my back, and must get back
to work.
Best wishes to all, and thank you for the best reading on the
Internet. I enjoy the topics, and read every one. You are all kind to
share your knowledge with us. Keep it up!
Best wishes,
Brian P. Lawler
Asst. Professor
Graphic Communication Dept.
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California
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