New features in ColorAnt 1.2

By ColorLogic | Published: 11. July 2012
  • Loading and saving of data sets as Named Color ICC profiles is a new option now.
  • The naming of a color patch selected in the View dialog will be displayed in brackets following the Lab value. This is helpful for color patches that have real color names as in case of colors in Named Color ICC profiles.
  • Double clicking a Lab color patch in the 2D-View dialog opens a new window that allows to edit the respective Lab Color values. Using this new features enables you to edit single patches in your test chart measurements.
  • Spectral measurement data with 5nm sampling are supported now.
  • The additional window showing the spectral remission curve of a spectral color patch (double click on a patch in the 2D-View) stays open now even if the data has been changed after applying tools.
  • The Correction tool has been extended with two options: Using the option Correct bad measurements all patches in your selected data sets that have been regarded as erroneous will be fixed. With the second option Optimize overprints colors like dark triplex colors and such will be optimized if necessary. ColorAnt assumes a subtractive color behavior that should lead to a darker color value in case of higher color amounts. In some rare printing processes (e.g. some electrophotographic digital printers) this kind of correction is unwanted and thus can now be switched off by disabling this feature.
    Note: The Automatic feature in ColorAnt uses both Correction options when automatically optimizing your measurement data.
  • The Tone Value tool has been extended with entry boxes for the desired 10% tone value of each CMYK color independently.
  • In ColorAnt 1.2 an addition button has been added at the bottom of the dialog. Using the Measure button the software UPPCT from the Ugra will be called up. Using UPPCT allows measuring test charts and wedges with a variety of measurement instruments and directly transmitting the data back to ColorAnt. Read this article to understand how to use it.
  • The mathematics behind the Brightener tool has been improved leading to a stronger correction. Using the slider setting of a 100% correction a spectral measurement using a measurement instrument without UV Cut filter of a substrate with optical brighteners will lead to a very close measurement value as if you have measured the same patch with an attached UV Cut filter (M2 measurement mode) on the instrument.
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