BabelColor description
An application that provides you color measurement and analysis

BabelColor is an application that provides you color measurement and analysis.

BabelColor CT&A lets you compare, translate, convert, and analyze color samples from any RGB space, from the British Standard 5252, FED-STD-595B, Munsell, and RAL CLASSIC color catalogues (Color Decks), and from user-defined color catalogues. Input data directly with any Eye-OneTM instrument. Get a full featured densitometer and many other spectral tools when you connect to an Eye-One Pro.

Add your own color list as a Color Deck using the "BabelColor CT&A Export" dialog of the PatchTool program, which converts color lists saved in CGATS, CXF or plain text format to the Color Decks database format.

Here are some key features of "BabelColor":

· Define an RGB space with custom chromaticities, a custom illuminant, and a custom gamma.
· Get the chromaticity coordinates (xyz) of any D-series or blackbody illuminant by simply entering the source temperature, in kelvin (Ex.: 9300 K for D93).
· Get the coefficients of the Bradford chromatic adaptation matrix between a custom illuminant and many standard illuminants. You can also get the inverse matrix coefficients.
· Export the XYZ-to-RGB and RGB-to-XYZ matrices coefficients of the custom space to a spreadsheet.
· Includes many tutorials to learn how to use the program features and, at the same time, better understand color technology.
· Includes a complete help manual with basic color theory and detailed equations. "HTML Help" is used in Windows while a PDF file (250+ pages) is provided for the Mac. All help documents contain thousands of hyperlinks, for easy navigation, and a complete index. You can keep and use the Help even if you do not buy the program!
· The colors are shown in color patches translated to the native viewing characteristics of the computer platforms: Apple RGB (in Mac OS X and OS 8-9), and sRGB (in Windows and Mac OS X).


Requirements:

Minimum:
· 250 MHz
· 800 x 600 display, 16 bit color
· 64 MB RAM

Recommended:
· 700+ MHz
· 1024 x 768 display, 32 bit color
· 256 MB RAM
· Calibrated display

· The help manual is stored in HTML Help format, which requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or above.


Limitations:

· 14 days trial.