X-Rite ColorMunki now with unlimited seat licenses

Written by Adorama News Writer
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Published on March 3, 2009
Adorama News Writer
Adorama ALC

ne Color Solution Now Comes With Flash-
based, User-Driven Educational Tool Expanded Into 6-additional
Languages

LAS VEGAS, NV – PMA 09 International Convention and Trade Show – March 2, 2009–X-Rite,
Incorporated the world leader in color management and measurement technologies (www.xrite.com),
showcases the latest enhancements to its award-winning ColorMunki Photo – including the announcement
of an all-new unlimited seat license policy – at the PMA 09 International Convention & Tradeshow at the
Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, March 3–5, 2009.



All-new Unlimited Seat Licensing Announced @ PMA
As a leading event for the international photo industry, PMA provides
a perfect venue for X-Rite to unveil its new unlimited seat licensing
policy for ColorMunki Photo (www.colormunki.com/photo) the award-
winning integrated, monitor-to-print match solution for wedding,
social, and portrait photographers–or any passionate advocate. All
existing ColorMunki Photo customers are immediately covered
under this new-unlimited policy and can obtain an updated license
agreement by going to www.colormunki.com/photo and click on
“support.”



“It’s been great to see the positive response we’ve gotten from the
market for ColorMunki Photo. People who really care about the
quality of their photos have embraced an all-in-one solution that ensures their prints will faithfully
reproduce in the colors they intended. Our product enhancements are all about supporting that passion of
our users. The ColorMunki Interactive Training video and in-the-box software, for example, are designed
to give photographers a jump start on color quality and consistency – literally right from the start,” says X-
Rite Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Iris Mangelschots



Plus, More Munki Enhancements @ PMA


ColorMunki Photo is the industry’s only completely integrated, monitor-to-print match solution designed to
meet the needs of social, wedding, portrait and nature photographers – or anyone seriously passionate
about photography. PMA 2009 attendees can explore all of the latest enhancements to the award-winning
product at this year’s show.



These include:


• Product enhancements: the newest ColorMunki Photo that is on display in Technology Suite X-
124 offers such feature enhancements as increased profile accuracy on wide gamut displays and
automatic software update notifications, as well as support and localization of ColorMunki Photo
into Portuguese. Every ColorMunki Photo now includes an in-the-box software CD, as well as
available for download from the ColorMunki website (www.colormunki.com) and clicking the
“support” tab.


• Expanded interactive training options: the flash-based X-
Rite ColorMunki Photo Interactive Training Video that comes
with every ColorMunki Photo now includes an in-the-box
DVD. PMA attendees also can learn more about the recently
expanded localization of the ColorMunki Interactive Training
Video from English into the newly available languages of:
French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese and Simplified
Chinese. For updates, go to: www.colormunki.com/photo and
click on “color knowledge/training video” tab.
• For more about ColorMunki Photo features visit:
www.colormunki.com/product/show



CALIBRATE AND PRINT WITH EASE – ColorMunki Photo lets you swing perfectly from screen to print
with quick, easy, and accurate display-to-print match, including:


• LCD & Laptop Calibration – With both easy modes for predetermined selections or advanced
mode for those looking for more control over whitepoint or ambient measurements.


• Projector Profiling – By utilizing the same profiling technology for your display, your ColorMunki
will give you fast and accurate projector profiles so you can project your images to your client,
family or friends with color confidence.


• Printer Profiling – With complete color control and
optimized printer profiling that makes sure the color
you see is the color you get. New RGB and CMYK
printer-profiling technology delivers outstanding
printer profile quality. ColorMunki’s super fast
scanning eliminates tedious individual color patch
reading, rapidly measuring test charts in less than a
minute. And AppSetTM allows ColorMunki to talk
with your photo and design applications to automate
printer profile setting. Now, for the first time ever –
display to print match – with ease!



CREATE WITH POWER – ColorMunki lets you bring your vision to life, capturing colors from virtually
anywhere and enhance your editing creativity.
Your image library – is now at your fingertips and automatically extracts colors from any image.
Inspiration color – ColorMunki lets you grab any color from the visible spectrum – quickly and
accurately capture spectral color from any surface and import directly into your photo and design
applications.
Create and manage custom color palettes – with ColorMunki’s new PrintSafeTM checking
capabilities, you’ll be able to preview your color palettes under different lighting sources or printing
processes before you go to production.