PatchTool [MAC]

PatchTool is designed to visualize, re-arrange, average, compare (with statistics), convert, and export color lists in a color-managed environment.
You can export a list as an image, in plain text format, or in a CGATS compatible file format; you can also export lists as color catalogues (Color Decks) to be used within the BabelColor CT&A program.

PatchTool is designed to:

• Visualize color lists as color patches (color spaces: xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK, spectral data)
• Import color lists saved in industry standard file formats (CGATS, CxF V-1 and V-2)
• Import user-defined lists created with spreadsheets or word processors
• Import/export spectral data with various scales (0-1 or 0%-100%) and ranges (380-730 nm or 400-700 nm)
• Import RGB data encoded in 8 bit, 15 bit, 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
• Import/export color lists in OSA UCS coordinates
• Switch between the Measured, Random, or Visual layouts of ECI2002 and IT8.7/4 color charts
• Facilitate the printer and monitor certification processes defined by IDEAlliance
• Measure color patches on your display and check your display calibration (White Point, grey ramp, primaries) using a DTP94, Eye-One Pro, Eye-One Display, Spyder2, or Spyder3
• Measure colors in reflectance with an i1 Pro
• Compare a patch in a file to a patch in any other file
• Compare two files; get detailed statistics on their differences
• Average color lists using weighted or un-weighted methods
• Re-order, rename and renumber color lists; turn and mirror patch layouts; flip rows and columns
• Convert color lists to standard color spaces (xyY, XYZ, L*a*b*, L*C*h*, RGB, CMYK)
• Convert color lists using one or two RGB or CMYK ICC profiles
• Generate device dependent (RGB, CMYK), device independent (L*a*b*, L*C*h*, XYZ), and OSA UCS color lists
• Check if a color list is clipped by a destination profile
• Determine the gamut volume of a profile
• Export color lists as standard CGATS files or in a simplified text format
• Export RGB in 8 bit, 15 bit+ (i.e. Photoshop '16 bit'), 'true' 16 bit, or scaled to 100%
• Export color lists to Munsell HVC
• Export color lists in many image formats (including TIFF-L*a*b* and TIFF-CMYK, 8 and 16 bit)
• Export color lists to be used as 'Color Decks' in the BabelColor CT&A program (sold separately)

System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later