Free ColorTRUE app delivers accurate color from desktop to mobile for iOS and Android
ColorTRUE Aware Partner
Program allows developer to build color management into any app
March 17, 2014
X-Rite, the maker of color management, measurement and communication technologies, released ColorTRUE for Apple iOS and Google Android platforms. ColorTRUE provides photographers, designers, and prepress professionals the ability to calibrate and profile their tablet and mobile devices for accurate color matching. ColorTRUE includes a Create Profile tool and an Image Gallery viewer and is currently available as a free download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
ColorTRUE Calibration
While iOS and Android devices deliver pleasing color right
out of the box, ColorTRUE is the first app that provides photographers,
designers, and prepress professionals with a true color match from desktop to
mobile. Tablets have become increasingly important in imaging workflows and
getting accurate color on the mobile device is now as critical as it is on the
desktop. Whether showing a portfolio to a perspective client or soft-proofing
an image before final run, ColorTRUE delivers color accuracy at the level
X-Rite customers expect, while maintaining the speed and simplicity of use
necessary in the mobile environment.
ColorTRUE Image Gallery
ColorTRUE is the only mobile color management app that
delivers an Image Gallery viewer with tools that enables the highest level of
color accurate viewing:
- Ambient Light Compensation – ColorTRUE will adjust to any ambient viewing condition ensuring that images are displayed correctly regardless of the lighting condition and display brightness setting
- Print Simulation – Preview or soft-proof images using different printer profiles and rendering intents
- White Point – Match your tablet to your desktop – to ensure you are assessing the same image on tablet and desktop, ColorTRUE lets you choose between D65, D50 and Native white point
- ICC Profile – Embedded image profiles are used or you can manually select correct working color spaces for your images (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB)
- Before and After – Toggle the calibration on and off to see the color accuracy improvements on your images
ColorTRUE Aware Partner Program
With the launch of ColorTRUE, X-Rite also announces its
ColorTRUE Aware partner program. Unlike laptop or desktop operating systems,
iOS and Android operating systems do not have system wide color management
capabilities. This means each app must apply color profiles independently.
X-Rite will soon release a Software Developers Kit (SDK) that will allow 3rd
party app developers access to the ColorTRUE profile, enabling them to
seamlessly deliver color management within their own app(s). ColorTRUE users
can be confident any third party app such as image editing or viewing, inline
production approval, or even creative sketching for proof of concept is color
managed whenever they see the ColorTRUE Aware logo. More information can be
found at xritephoto.com/colortrueSDK.
As tablets and mobile devices increasingly permeate color
and image based workflows, it has never been more important that these devices
become truly color accurate. With ColorTRUE and the ColorTRUE Aware partner
program, X-Rite now offers the missing color management components on iOS and
Android platforms. The goal is to enable app developers and help create an
eco-system of color managed apps. X-Rite is encouraging app developers where
color is important to their users to learn more about the ColorTRUE Aware partner
program.”
Supported X-Rite Devices
An X-Rite measurement device (sold separately) is required
for the ColorTRUE calibration process. iOS phones and tablets support
ColorMunki Smile, ColorMunki Display, i1Display Pro, and i1Pro 2, while Android
phones and tablets support ColorMunki Display and i1Display Pro. Visit
xritephoto.com/colortrue for complete specifications list.
