Open source calibration software

[andrew_long1]

<p>Hi guys,<br />An update on the software front. I've created an open source application CoCa. It creates ICC color profiles for digital cameras and scanners. It can utilise a large number of different targets, including ColorChecker, ColorCheckerSG, HutchColor, LaserSoft, QPcard 201, IT8 and more. It is particularly useful if you purchased a target without the profile creating program. BTW - good quality targets are available from www.cmp-color.fr, www.danes-picta.com or www.targets.coloraid.de.<br />CoCa currently runs in English, French, Czech and Polish and is available from<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/dohm/coca.html" target="_blank">http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/dohm/coca.html</a><br>

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/dohm/coca.html" target="_blank"></a>Andrew Stawowczyk Long<br>

<br /> <img src="http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/dohm/images/coca.jpg" alt="" width="734" height="439" /></p>

[janne_moren]

Interesting, thanks. How does this compare to or relate to gnome-color-manager? ( http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-color-manager/ )

[Ed_Ingold]

<p>Software that doesn't use an hardware measuring device isn't worth considering. Software for X-Rite and others is usually free, but can't be used without one of their devices, and you must pay to have specific options enabled with that device.</p>

[joe_c5]

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<p>Software that doesn't use an hardware measuring device isn't worth considering.</p>

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<p>Might want to read the description again, no additional hardware is necessary to profile <em>input </em>devices, only a target.</p>

<p>I tried it quickly with a regular ColorChecker and it created a profile. Looks like this is based on ArgyllCMS, which I’ve used before.</p>

[roger_smith4]

<p>"Software that doesn't use an hardware measuring device isn't worth considering"</p>

<p>Oh boy. In this case your scanner or camera is the hardware measuring device and the target is the known reference.</p>