Profile Wizard Color Management Tips

Profile Wizard software based on the Macintosh® Mac platform brings good news to desktop creative and prepress professionals. With this software, professionals can accurately convey color information in any input, output device, and monitor display device. With the transmission of color data between devices, the intelligent ICC characteristic curve maintains color integrity from start to finish. Profile Wizard can improve the predictability of printing and the effective communication of information, and reduce all the costs and lost-time related to repetitive work: save time, reduce material waste, and improve efficiency.

The new version of Profile Wizard 2.6 makes Creo a big step forward in color management. Generates many color output curves (including Hexachrome®-capable devices) for high-fidelity reproduction above 4 colors. The ICC Devicelink device retains the black channel information and solves the limitation of the standard ICC process. The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® color library features spot colors. New Device Supported: GretagMacBeth Eye-One Spectrophotometer with UV Filter. Supported new goals: Ksmart RGB measured by GretagMacbeth beamsplitter and X-rite DTP41. Software for fluorescent paper. When creating a color curve, you can use the new sampling frequency button. Save as little color curve as possible according to different sampling frequency and color depth.

Even novices can create and save high-quality curves step by step according to the graphic prompts. The "Intelligent Auto Correct" function generates matching output colors without the involvement of color experts.

Keep the black channel

With the help of the special Devicelink curve, the Profile Wizard solves the problem of preserving black color separation information, making the black text clear and detailed.

Ordinary ICC workflow uses Creo's ICC Devicelink

Create "Multiple Color" ICC Curves

Create high-fidelity replication curves with more than four colors (eg Hexachrome®).
Accurately measure and calculate spot color values

The spot color values ​​can be manually measured and calculated to accurately simulate the CMYK equivalent required for the target device.

Convenient advanced control tuning curve

Fine-tune the characteristic curve with the image preview to adjust the values ​​of the HLS, CMYK, RGB, and L*a*b* color spaces. When the color exceeds the gamut of the terminal device, a warning message of "Not in gamut" appears.

Edit color curve

Source: HC Network