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Style: ColorMunki Display and ColorChecker
X-Rite has a complete bundled solution for photographers that want to ensure they capture and view correct color. This bundle combines the latest monitor and projector calibration solutions available with the time proven performance of the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport. For creative folks who demand professional quality coupled with an easy, wizard-driven interface, ColorMunki Display offers everything you could possibly need to get you to a brilliantly-calibrated display or projector while helping you stay focused on doing what you love. For Color Perfectionists seeking simplicity, the ColorMunki Display will absolutely amaze you. The wizard-driven interface makes it quick and easy for you to calibrate and profile your displays at the speed of life. You will quickly get back to what you really love doing with total confidence that the files you are seeing and working on are precisely what others will be seeing. Reduce your image processing time and improve quality control in your Raw workflow by combining the powerful color capabilities of the ColorChecker Passport and Adobe Imaging solutions. Quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes and maintain color control and consistency from capture to edit. ColorChecker Passport is a powerful 'capture to edit' color solution for any photographer looking for more accurate, consistent color and creative flexibility. And when you combine ColorChecker Passport with Adobe Imaging solutions you will gain even greater benefits. ColorChecker Passport combines three photographic targets into one pocket size protective, multi-positionable case that adjusts to any scene. Together with the included camera calibration software, you get the ultimate in functionality, flexibility and portability.
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142 of 147 people found the following review helpful
Style Name:ColorChecker|Amazon Vine Review
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There are two parts to this system: there is the software you install and use on your computer, and there is the "hardware" the color checker you use when you're photographing and to which you reference the software.It is a system that speeds up your workflow, increases your accuracy and efficiency, and leaves you with prints you can be proud of.
Before I go on, let me clarify that I use this system with Photoshop ACR, not with Lightroom. Since the software does not install as a Plug-In to Photoshop (as it does with Lightroom), I have to use it as a "stand-alone" program. This isn't a hardship, but it is a distinction, and my review is based on this scenario only.
Another important fact is that for the purposes of creating profiles, this program requires that at least the profile-generating image be in .DNG so, whatever program you use to process your RAW captures has to be able to save as .DNG.
The process is simple: you shoot a series of photographs under a particular set of circumstances; you select one that is typical of the conditions present in the whole series; you save it as a .DNG; you open the "stand alone" Passport program; you open that representative image and tell it to create a profile based on it; you give the profile a descriptive name. The profile it creates will automatically appear in the camera profile drop-down menu in the Camera Calibration tab within ACR. You open the rest of the images in ACR and apply the profile to all of them as the first step in your RAW processing.
So far, I have successfully created two profiles for one of the cameras. It will be necessary, over time, to create a separate profile for each shooting situation for each camera. Read more ›
Before I go on, let me clarify that I use this system with Photoshop ACR, not with Lightroom. Since the software does not install as a Plug-In to Photoshop (as it does with Lightroom), I have to use it as a "stand-alone" program. This isn't a hardship, but it is a distinction, and my review is based on this scenario only.
Another important fact is that for the purposes of creating profiles, this program requires that at least the profile-generating image be in .DNG so, whatever program you use to process your RAW captures has to be able to save as .DNG.
The process is simple: you shoot a series of photographs under a particular set of circumstances; you select one that is typical of the conditions present in the whole series; you save it as a .DNG; you open the "stand alone" Passport program; you open that representative image and tell it to create a profile based on it; you give the profile a descriptive name. The profile it creates will automatically appear in the camera profile drop-down menu in the Camera Calibration tab within ACR. You open the rest of the images in ACR and apply the profile to all of them as the first step in your RAW processing.
So far, I have successfully created two profiles for one of the cameras. It will be necessary, over time, to create a separate profile for each shooting situation for each camera. Read more ›
180 of 191 people found the following review helpful
Style Name:ColorChecker|Amazon Vine Review
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Shows how the product can perform white balance, color calibration and dual-illuminant color calibration using the included software and Adobe Lightroom on a Windows 7 PC. 4 stars as the out-of-the-box experience is poor -- not until you have gone to the website, read the instructions and downloaded & watched the video examples will you know what to do.
79 of 84 people found the following review helpful
By Bo Lorentzen
Style Name:ColorChecker|Amazon Verified Purchase
Im a professional photographer and use the digital-camera color checker, which is a rather large and bulky device to say the least, it is also complex to create and apply profiles.
The new X-rite passport ROCKS..! plain and simple.. it is easy to use, naively with lightroom, and easy with PhaseOne Capture. The quality of the profiles is not quite matching the digital camera checker, but nobody in their right mind would expect that. The passport create a very use-able profile in a matter of seconds.
Here is how it works.
1. snap a shot with the passport in the same light as you are working.
2. select image in Lightroom, then select EXPORT and export to X-rite.. this will create a profile, I suggest naming the profile by the date and album it applies to.
3. restart lightroom, go to develop, select the profile in camera profile, then sync to the rest of the album.
NOTE - if you have several lighting environments in the same folder, shoot a passport shot for each light change, then apply to the images which matches that passport.
The card also have a set of off-white patches for warming or cooling portraits and another set for landscape, use them to set the whitepoint in a image to warm or cool as desired.
X-rite have made available a very well designed instruction video for download from their site.
Overall, this is a very successful product, it does what I expected and it does it well. If you shoot digital and am concerned about color management, this is a MUST HAVE product.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
The new X-rite passport ROCKS..! plain and simple.. it is easy to use, naively with lightroom, and easy with PhaseOne Capture. The quality of the profiles is not quite matching the digital camera checker, but nobody in their right mind would expect that. The passport create a very use-able profile in a matter of seconds.
Here is how it works.
1. snap a shot with the passport in the same light as you are working.
2. select image in Lightroom, then select EXPORT and export to X-rite.. this will create a profile, I suggest naming the profile by the date and album it applies to.
3. restart lightroom, go to develop, select the profile in camera profile, then sync to the rest of the album.
NOTE - if you have several lighting environments in the same folder, shoot a passport shot for each light change, then apply to the images which matches that passport.
The card also have a set of off-white patches for warming or cooling portraits and another set for landscape, use them to set the whitepoint in a image to warm or cool as desired.
X-rite have made available a very well designed instruction video for download from their site.
Overall, this is a very successful product, it does what I expected and it does it well. If you shoot digital and am concerned about color management, this is a MUST HAVE product.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
67 of 77 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buy, use & profile with caution... it could turn into a unilateral default you cannot get rid of...
December 4, 2010
By Kenneth L.
Style Name:ColorChecker|Amazon Verified Purchase
My background, serious amateur photographer since the jungles of Southeast Asia, 35mm until this year.
No two digital sensors are the same and vary in capture and color from manufacturer to manufacturer and camera to camera within every manufacturer.
That said, the X-Rite Colorchecker Passport is excellent for dead on color processing after each shoot.
I would have given it 3 - 5 stars but I find there is a problem and not with the actual product but somewhere within the software. I use Adobe products, current versions of Light Room, Photoshop CS5, Bridge, Elements 8 all for Mac. While I was following directions to enter or create a color profile from the Colorchecker Passport what I failed to know or realize is the color profile would be set as default across the entire set of programs in Adobe with no way to correct or remove this 'default' setting. What IS supposed to happen is the created color profile is to be entered as an option selectable profile to be used by the owner. Thus, when downloading from camera card to computer into Bridge or Lightroom each RAW format photo enters Bridge or Lightroom with an incorrect color profile assigned to it automatically.
I approached two different technical support people (Colorchecker Passport & the tutorial site I use to learn more about the programs I own) and got answers but they failed to correct the problem, nor are they answered in a timely way.
Now when I download I must wait for the entire download to finish and then take an additional step in setting the RAW photos back to their original camera settings before I can begin to manipulate the photos further. Read more ›
No two digital sensors are the same and vary in capture and color from manufacturer to manufacturer and camera to camera within every manufacturer.
That said, the X-Rite Colorchecker Passport is excellent for dead on color processing after each shoot.
I would have given it 3 - 5 stars but I find there is a problem and not with the actual product but somewhere within the software. I use Adobe products, current versions of Light Room, Photoshop CS5, Bridge, Elements 8 all for Mac. While I was following directions to enter or create a color profile from the Colorchecker Passport what I failed to know or realize is the color profile would be set as default across the entire set of programs in Adobe with no way to correct or remove this 'default' setting. What IS supposed to happen is the created color profile is to be entered as an option selectable profile to be used by the owner. Thus, when downloading from camera card to computer into Bridge or Lightroom each RAW format photo enters Bridge or Lightroom with an incorrect color profile assigned to it automatically.
I approached two different technical support people (Colorchecker Passport & the tutorial site I use to learn more about the programs I own) and got answers but they failed to correct the problem, nor are they answered in a timely way.
Now when I download I must wait for the entire download to finish and then take an additional step in setting the RAW photos back to their original camera settings before I can begin to manipulate the photos further. Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost a necessity for serious photography
This is the best color calibration standard and white balance system for non-studio uses. It's totally portable, very sturdy and does a superb job. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Peter Henry
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worked on my Macbook Pro & HP dv-7000 laptop
I've always struggled to get my windows laptop to match my mac laptop. I've spent over an hr to fine tune it using the built-in controls but never gotten even close. Read more
Published 4 days ago by ammarselophotography
4.0 out of 5 stars
does one thing well
The color target and app do work. Together they make color profiles that give good color results in Lightroom with my camera. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Bruce McL
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic color management tool!!!
This is a truly stellar color management tool. Going beyond having correct white balance it brings you to true color rendition. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Duane G Johnson
2.0 out of 5 stars
Underwhelmed
The manufacturer raved about how much I needed this product but I don't get it. Very poor customer service and I am still waiting for answers regarding color space settings in LR... Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. McDowell
5.0 out of 5 stars
colormunki
Does everything I wanted it to do. Straight forward, easy to use, affordable product. I will buy more of their products.
Published 1 month ago by jfree
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not waste your money
Using a Nikon D800 x-rite colorchecker is unable to create a profile using the Mac software supplied. No instructions included in packaging nor on the CD. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kit Lloyd
5.0 out of 5 stars
X-Rite MSCCPP ColorChecker Passport
This is a great tool to close the gaps in your color management process. However, after I created a daylight color profile for my Canon 7D, I did not see a difference in the color... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Noah
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why have I not done this sooner?
I'm a serious-amateur-recently-turned-pro photographer, and had reached the point when I realized monitor calibration was now a necessity. Read more
Published 1 month ago by BayouRose
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great gift for dad
My dad is a photographer and put this on his Amazon Wishlist a yr or so ago, I decided to get it for him for Fathers Day this year, it came very quickly. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Shanna L. Booher
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