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X-Rite ColorMunki Photo (CMUNPH)

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Colorchecker Passport Photo
Brand X-Rite
Color Black
Style Colorchecker Passport Photo
Special Feature Portable
Age Range (Description) Adult

About this item

  • Ideal for photographers shooting still images in a Raw workflow
  • Creates professional, custom camera profiles in minutes using the industry standard 24 patch Classic target.
  • Combines 3 photographic color-balance targets into one pocket size protective, multi-positionable patented case that adjusts to any scene
  • EXCLUSIVE X-RITE TECHNOLOGY! Dual Illuminant profile creation – takes into account two different light sources to create a single profile which can be applied to a variety of lighting conditions
  • Easy to use with Adobe Lightroom Plug-In or stand alone software for use in other image editing software
  • Use Creative Enhancement target to quickly check and evaluate shadow details or highlight clipping; understand and control color shifting or neutralize and create a look with one click.
  • Take one step closer to professional results creating custom, in-camera white-balance. Capturing a consistent white point in a set of images allows for adjustments to different lighting conditions and helps eliminate color casting
  • Supported by several 3rd party software programs

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X-Rite Photo and Video

X-Rite Photo and Video offer a wide range of color management solutions to fit the needs of photographers, videographers, designers and image editors of all levels, that demand accurate color within their workflow.

X-Rite ColorChecker Passport

ColorChecker Passport Photo combines 3 photographic targets into one pocket-sized protective case that self-stands to adjust to any scene.

Reduce your image processing time and improve quality control in your Raw or JPEG workflow with the powerful color capabilities of the ColorChecker Passport Photo.

Quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, and maintain color control and consistency from capture to edit.

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Color Control and Creativity for Photography – from Capture to Edit ColorChecker Passport Photo includes three powerful photographic targets in a portable protective case, enabling you to reduce your image processing time and improve quality control in your Raw or JPEG workflow. Quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, and maintain color control and consistency from capture to edit. You’ll achieve superior color results in a fraction of the time.

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ColorChecker Passport




Windows
  • Microsoft Windows XP 32 or 64 bit (with latest Service Pack installed)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista® 32 or 64 bit (with latest Service Pack installed)
  • Microsoft Windows 7, 32 or 64 bit (with latest Service Pack installed)
  • 512MB RAM
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP or better CPU
  • 200 MB of available disk space
  • User must have Administrator rights to install, uninstall the application.
  • Monitor resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher
  • Internet connection required for software update

Macintosh
  • Mac OSX 10.5.x, 10.6, or 10.7 (with the latest updates installed)
  • G4 Processor or higher (Intel recommended)
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 350 MB of available disk space
  • User must have Administrator rights to install and uninstall the application
  • Monitor resolution of 1024x768 pixels or higher
  • Internet connection required for software update




About the ColorChecker Passport

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'll gain even greater benefits. ColorChecker Passport combines three photographic targets into one pocket size protective, self-standing case that adjusts to any scene. Together with the included camera calibration software, you get the ultimate in functionality, flexibility and portability.

There are so many ways to incorporate X-Rite ColorChecker Passport into your Raw workflow. Whether you take advantage of the entire solution, or just a couple of ColorChecker Passport's many features, you'll realize improved quality and productivity almost immediately.





CREATIVE ENHANCEMENT TARGET
Two rows of warming and cooling patches in the middle guide you to create pleasing and repeatable edits. Creatively refine the color of your image by adding warmth to skin tones or boost the deep greens or blues in a landscape. Simply click through the patches to view the adjustment, and select the one that provides your optimal look. Then, save the setting and apply it to other images that were shot under that same lighting to create pleasing edits - it's that easy!

When it comes to clipping, the Enhancement target highlights the power of working in Raw. A row of clipping patches across the bottom serve as a visual reference for judging, controlling and editing images for shadow details or highlight clipping. Although it may appear from a preview that shadow or highlight details have been lost, it is possible that the processing software just clipped them and they are still available in the Raw file. With some careful adjustments, you may be able to bring them back.

The clipping patches are separated into two groups: light and dark. The light patches are ordered with 1/3 of an F-stop difference between them. The dark patches are ordered the same, with the exception of the last patch; which represents the blackest patch in the ColorChecker target. The exposure difference between the darkest and next darkest patch is approximately 1/10th of a stop, and the dynamic range of the target is about 32:1 (5 stops). In Adobe applications, use these patches along with the clipping preview to ensure you are not losing details.

Across the top of the Enhancement target, the top HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) row includes 8 spectrum patches to ensure color fidelity across all hues so you can evaluate and edit for any color shifts.

WHITE BALANCE TARGET
The ColorChecker White Balance target is an all-new spectrally flat target that provides a neutral reference point across different lighting conditions that you encounter during a photo shoot. Since the target reflects light equally across the visible spectrum, creating an in-camera custom white balance can properly compensate for varying lighting. You'll be able to:




  1. Eliminate color casts


  • Improve the color preview on your camera's display so your histograms are more reliable


  • Make post production color editing faster and easier by eliminating the need to neutralize each image individually




Setting a custom white balance for each lighting situation will make the previews on your camera's built in display more color correct, make your histograms more reliable, and speed up post production color editing. Raw shooters can capture anytime during the session to gain these benefits, while JPEG shooters should make it your first shot.



CLASSIC TARGET
The ColorChecker Passport includes a travel-sized version of the Classic 24 patch target. When combined with camera calibration software you can produce DNG profiles of your camera's response to scene lighting to get consistent, predictable and repeatable results from image to image and camera to camera.

The Classic target also provides a visual point of color reference. Photograph it in the same lighting as your images; then open it in your photo processing software as a reference to help with color correction. Each of the 24 color patches represents the colors of natural objects, such as sky blue, skin tones and leaf green; and each patch reflects light just like its real world counterpart. Each square is individually colored using a solid tone to produce pure, flat, rich color without dots or mixed tints.

The Classic can help you make global corrections based on accurate information. If you shoot a large number of images that all require the same color correction, you know that editing a few key photos and applying your changes can sometimes change colors you didn't intend to be changed. A shot of the ColorChecker Classic captured under the same lighting as your images will provide a point of reference, so you can see exactly how changes will affect the rest of your colors before you apply them. Since your changes can be applied to one photo or a group of images, you'll achieve consistency throughout your images.

CAMERA CALIBRATION SOFTWARE With the included ColorChecker Passport Camera Calibration Application and Lightroom® Plug-In, you can quickly and easily build DNG profiles for Adobe® Imaging solutions including Lightroom®, Photoshop®, Photoshop® Elements, Camera Raw (ACR) and Adobe® Bridge.

This new advanced profiling technology provides excellent results with just the small 24-patch ColorChecker Classic target, producing DNG profiles that work exceptionally well, even in unusual artificial light sources. Plus, software auto-detection will locate the target automatically. Whether you are shooting with just one camera or multiple cameras, you'll easily establish an accurate color foundation and maintain control of your colors. A very powerful feature of the software is the ability to create dual-illuminant DNG profiles. This type of profile takes into account two different light sources to create a single profile, which can be applied to an even wider variety of lighting conditions. Dual-Illuminant profiles can be made with any two of twenty-one supported illuminants, allowing you to create a profile for just about any kind of lighting condition you may encounter. Dual-illuminant profiles allow you the freedom to move between the represented lighting conditions without switching profiles.






  • Camera calibration for Raw shooters enables greater capability to calibrate and correct color
  • Accurate color gives a consistent foundation for creative interpretation
  • Minimize color differences between cameras and lenses
  • Adapt for mixed lighting
  • Make color balance match across different scenes




SHOOTING JPEG NOT RAW?
You'll still gain many great benefits when you include ColorChecker Passport in your workflow.

White Balance Target

  • Ensure your JPEG files are captured with the correct white point
  • Eliminate the chance of any extreme white balance errors which cannot be corrected later in JPEG workflow
  • Save time on post production edits of each individual shot

Creative Enhancement Target

  • Evaluate and optimize shadow details or highlight clipping with gray ramp patches
  • Use as visual reference for color spectrum and color adjustment with HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) patches
  • Warm or cool images

Classic Target

  • Photograph the Classic target in the same lighting as your images and use as a visual reference to help with color correction

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Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2011
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Sven Hippler
4.0 out of 5 stars Sehr ordentliche Kontrollkarte – unbrauchbare Software
Reviewed in Germany on July 25, 2014
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7 people found this helpful
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InfoJunk
5.0 out of 5 stars Praktisches Hilfsmittel
Reviewed in Germany on July 16, 2014
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Chris Hoare
4.0 out of 5 stars Time Saver
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2015
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Chris Hoare
4.0 out of 5 stars Time Saver
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2015
Last year I caught the long exposure photo bug; I have enjoying just watching the world for a few minutes whilst my sensor catches up. What I didn't enjoy was fixing the red color cast on my photos. I read about the ColorChecker and its abilities to automatically calibrate color on images through a a ligthroom plug in. I held off buying it for a while; as for an amateur this is a considered purchase. I finally had the chance to use it over the past few weekends taking pictures of snow melt in the peak district.

On the day of your photo shoot you need to take an image of the chart in the scene with the same camera and lens (and filters) you are going to use for the shots. My example is attached. When you get back you import the photo into the included ColorChecker software and give it a name. The colorchecker software then finds the card in the image and creates a custom color preset (you give it a name) that you can apply in Lightroom from the Camera Calibration profiles menu. Once you have the preset you can quickly color correct all your photos from that scene in one pass.

For long exposure shots it was a bit of a palaver getting the color card in the scene; but once it was loaded as a correction it quickly removed the red shift from my long exposures; and so for me was perfect.

In the Colorchecker box you get color card; along with a greyscale card. The card itself isn't water protected so you need to keep it dry otherwise the color chips might run. You also get a CD to install the software from (though if like me your laptop doesn't have a drive you can download it from the x-rite website.

Having tried it with long and short exposures the speed of correcting colors in images is definitely worth the money; and if you are a professional photographer this will likely save you hours recovering colors on images. As an amateur its a considered purchase; but likely worth the investment. 4*
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Nicolas MAILLET
5.0 out of 5 stars INDISPENSABLE
Reviewed in France on December 13, 2015
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14 people found this helpful
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B.M.
3.0 out of 5 stars Nicht schlecht - mit kleinen Einschränkungen...
Reviewed in Germany on March 14, 2013
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