X-Rite ColorChecker Passport 2 + i1 Display Studio + GrafiLite Kit

i1Display Studio

Winner of the TIPA ‘Best Colour Management Solution’ Award for 2020. Advanced display calibration for enthusiast and professional photographers looking for a convenient, easy and affordable solution. 

For Creative Perfectionists who desire professional quality coupled with an easy, wizard-driven interface, the i1Display Studio from X-Rite offers everything you need to get to a brilliantly-calibrated monitor, laptop, mobile device or projector. When all the devices in your workflow are profiled, you can focus on being more creative rather than wondering why the colour in your images doesn’t match your final output.

For Colour Perfectionists seeking simplicity, the i1Display Studio delivers incredibly consistent colour with zero stress, letting you stay more focused on doing what you love. The colour across all your digital display devices (desktop monitors, laptop, mobile devices and projector) will vary device to device and will even change over time. The brightness and stability of your monitor and your working environments all are factors when working with colour. When you calibrate your displays to create a colour profile, you will eliminate countless frustrating hours trying to figure out why your images don’t match across devices or why the image you sent out to a lab or printed yourself doesn’t match the image you spent hours perfecting.

The i1Display Studio from X-Rite is the Colour Perfectionists choice for easily profiling all your display devices and getting consistent colour across your favourite creative software applications.

i1Display Studio includes an i1 colorimeter and i1Studio software. The wizard-driven interface of the software walks you through the entire process and then reminds you when it’s time to re-profile your displays to maintain consistency. If only life was always this easy. 

Calibrating your displays is one of the most important steps to ensure that the images you care most about are colour consistent across your various displays and printers. This allows you to edit and share your work with confidence and lets you spend more time focusing on the creative stuff rather than the frustrating time-wasting stuff.

Monitor Calibration:

• Once you take the guesswork and frustration out of making sure the colour you see on your display is the colour you expect from your printer; you’ll save time and money and gain full creative control over your images. i1Display Studio uses advanced technologies to perfect the match between your display and printer.

• Intelligent Iterative Profiling: an adaptive technology that produces optimised results for maximum colour accuracy on each unique display every time you profile
• Flare Correct™measures and adjusts your display profile for reduced contrast ratios caused by flare light (or glare) falling on the surface of a display. By accurately measuring your effective display contrast ratio, you’ll have an even more accurate display profile
• X-Rite Ambient Light Measurement –automatically determine the optimum display luminance for comparing prints to your display, based on a measurement of the lighting conditions where prints will be viewed
• Video Standards Support: NTSC, PAL SECAM, Rec. 709, Rec. 2020 and DCI-P3
• Extended User Controls: Custom control of white point, luminance, contrast ratio and gamma
• Multiple Monitor Profiling: Colour match up to four separate displays for colour accuracy across all your workflow
• Profile Validation and Reminder: View before and after results with included images or load your own, or use the 3D profile gamut viewer and set reminder intervals to re-profile your display

Protector calibration:

• Now, your projected presentations can look the same as your monitor. Build an accurate projector profile in just minutes – it’s as easy as building a monitor profile. The process considers all the room conditions – projected colours, screen colour and room lighting – so you can be confident that your projected images are showing the way you intended.

Mobile Device Calibration:

• Download the free ColorTRUE mobile app to calibrate your mobile devices for a true mobile to desktop colour match of all your images.

i1 Studio software specifications:

• Macintosh® 
• MacOS X 10.12x, 10.13x or 10.14x (with latest upgrades installed)
• 512MB RAM (2GB recommended)
• Intel® Core 2 Duo CPU or better CPU
• Up to 500MB of available disk space (depending on components installed)
• Powered USB port
• Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher
• Latest drivers for video card installed
• High-speed internet connection required for software install, download and automatic software update
• User must have Administrator rights to install and uninstall the application
• Windows®

• Microsoft Windows 7® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft Windows 8® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft Windows 8.1® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft Windows 10® 32 or 64 bit
• All operating systems should have the latest Service Pack installed
• 512MB RAM (2GB recommended)
• Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ XP or better CPU
• Up to 500MB of available disk space (depending on components installed)
• Powered USB port
• Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or higher
• Latest drivers for video card installed
• Dual display support requires either 2 video cards or a dual head video card that supports dual video LUTs being loaded
• Network adaptor installed and driver loaded
• High-speed internet connection required for software install, download and automatic software update
• User must have Administrator rights to install and uninstall the application

Colortrue mobile device compatibility:

• Apple iOS:
• iPad 2, 3rd gen, 4th gen, Air, Mini, & Mini 2nd gen running iOS 7.x or later
• iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5c, & 5s running iOS 7.x or later
• iPod Touch running iOS 7.x or later
• Google Android:
• Samsung Galaxy running Android 4.0.4 or later
• Google Nexus running Android 4.0.4 or later
• Asus Transformer running Android 4.0.4 or later
• HTC One running Android 4.0.4 or later

Passport Photo 2 – even more colour control

X-Rite created the industry-standard ColorChecker Passport 10 years ago. With this new and even more powerful version, you can capture and create more perfectly than ever.

ColorChecker Passport Photo 2 is ideal for any photographer looking for accurate and consistent colour and creative flexibility. The combination of targets and camera calibration software combined with your choice of Lightroom®, Photoshop®, CaptureOne® or Canon® DPP, delivers the most professional-quality colour control possible.

Passport Photo 2 combines four photographic targets into one pocket-size protective case that adjusts to any scene. Together with the included Camera Calibration software and Lightroom Plug-In, you get the ultimate functionality, flexibility and portability for a more perfect colour journey.

ColorChecker Passport Photo 2 includes:

• Grey Balance Target - Set exposure with an in-camera or handheld meter.

• White Balance Target - Create custom in-camera white balance for a consistent white point across a set of images, with no need to correct each individual image later.
• Classic Target - Industry-standard 24-patch colour reference target for creating custom camera profiles and for visual colour assessments.
• Creative Enhancement Target - Neutralise and create your look with enhancement patches. Check and evaluate shadow details and highlight clipping. Control colour shifts. 
• Camera Calibration Software - Create custom camera profiles based on your individual camera/lens/lighting combinations for both DNG and ICC workflows.
• Lightroom® Plug-In - >Create custom camera profiles directly in Adobe® Lightroom®.
• Portable Protective Case - Adjusts to accommodate multiple positions so that you can easily incorporate the target(s) into any scene. Also, it includes a handy lanyard so that your Passport is always close by.
• 3rd Party Support - ColorChecker Classic target is also supported by these 3rd party software solutions: Hasselblad Phocus, Black Magic DaVinci Resolve, 3D LUT Creator. With more colour science experience than anyone in the industry

GrafiLite

A brand new, cost-effective lighting solution for the photography market, GrafiLite delivers natural lighting for accurate colour and image assessment in a conveniently compact package. The GrafiLite is the ideal way for photographers to ensure they evaluate their images under correct, consistent viewing conditions and present accurate final prints to clients.

Designed for desktop use, the GrafiLite boasts a small footprint and folds down for easy storage. The GrafiLite get supplied with a neutral viewing mat, providing a surface for image viewing which will not affect the appearance of colours ???? meaning the colour of your desktop will not prejudice image assessment. The lamp surround is designed in a neutral grey for the same reason.