i1 profiler from X-Rite
New profiling software has been released by X-Rite.
Reviews and overview
link: i1 Profiler
Monitor Profiling
review: i1 Profiler
Printer profiling
review: i1 Profiler
We’ve been testing the full version – i1 Publisher, and have two initial reviews to give a feel for what the software does.
In due course, I’ll be writing some more detailed articles about aspects of using the software – it what we now use for day to day profiling work for our fine art and decorative prints.
There are 3 versions of the software, and associated bundles with an i1 spectrophotometer.
From the printer profiling review
Printer profiling target
Just wanted to say that I really like your reviews and other provided information. I also want to say that I find the X-rite product naming system to be very confusing! Every time I visit the X-rite web site it feels like someone is intentionally trying to make it difficult to access regularly even basic information. I’m sure I can’t be the first person to mention this — so thanks for your work!
Thanks very much – you’re not alone with finding the naming confusing!
It’s been quite difficult to follow ever since X-rite took over GMB, but the i1Profiler naming is a bit clearer.
It’s meant in the past that I couldn’t necessarily review products, so I stuck more to the functionality – useful if that’s what you want to know about, but not so clear if you just want to know what to buy…
Hi,
I wanted to know i.e
scenerio:
You have just spend the last 2 hour taking measurements on your monitor. Then create your ICC profile.
After you have created your profile you preview some pictures on the computer and notice the light browns have a greenish tint.
Is it possible to add spot colours to your existing profile which you just made?
or would you have to do the entire 2-3 hour process again and add those custom spot colors from the start.
Ideally i`d like to keep updating the same profile and build up the database a few colors at a time from the images without having to start the whole process over.
any thoughts? i have i1profiler was wondering if you knew how to so it or if its possible.
Thx
Not quite sure what you mean here
Are you talking about monitor profiling? If so what process takes 2hrs?
You can indeed add colours to the target, but AFAIK, you then just run the profiling process again.
I would be more concerned about a monitor that showed such an obvious problem after normal profiling.
If it is printer profiles you are talking about, then you can add spot colours in the profile refinement stage, although if you use enough patches to start with, the improvement from using the iterative set are minimal.
BTW Email me directly if you have some more questions? since I don’t check the blog so often
Hi,
can you help . l have just recieved the new i1 publish upgrade A from X-Rite, After two days
working with this l still donot have a good quality print , l have followed the tutorial’s step by step
but the prints look very dark and with a strong yellow cast . What lv’e done to sort this out is lowered the luminus on screen to 80 , from 120 , changed the rendering ,
Nothing l do alters anything .the prints are always like mud .
hope you can help .
peter
Are you sure that targets are being printed without any colour management?
There are (seemingly random) problems with this on Macs – not sure of Win PCs (we don’t have any)
Email me directly (use the address for Northlight) with some more details (systems, workflow etc)
Keith
Keith,
First off, let me thank you for your thorough evaluations and insights. They are very much appreciated!!
I’ve just purchased a new Epson 7890. I’m redoing my profiles and would like to upgrade my profiling equipment first. Quite old Datacolor
I’ve read all of your excellent reviews of the Datacolor SR series and X-rite’s i1 Photo Pro. Both have received good reviews. With price not an issue, which would make the most accurate profiles with the least amount of tweeking and time? I won’t use your answer as my only criteria for purchase, but I highly value your opinion.
Thanks,
Ed Weaver
ed@redphotographic.com
www.redphotographic.com
For ease of use and profile quality, the new i1 Profiler stuff rarely needs any tweaking with our iPF8300.
It certainly has a few foibles at the moment, but if the cash is less of a problem I’d look at it (I’d go for a non filtered i1 myself)
Hi Keith,
Forgive me if you have already covered this in another article, but I do have a couple of questions regarding the use of colour meters in the colour management workflow.
1) Where do they fit in – if at all – when using DSLR profiling software?
2) If the colour meter is duplicating the functionality of the DSLR profiling software – is there any advantage to be gained in using one method over the other?
Your thoughts would be gratefully appreciated.
Kind Regards,
David Quirke
Colour meters really don’t have much use for digital work. I’ve heard of some people using them for balancing flash gels, but in general they went out with film. They are not designed for the colour response of DSLRs so would need a lot of experimentation to make use of (and DSLRs can make fairly good colour meters in themselves)
A white balance off a good grey card will work for most applications – I sometimes use DNG profiles for colour reproduction in awkward factory lighting, but rarely. Most times a good white nalance is all that is needed. I do have DNG profiles for some of our continuous studio lighting, but don’t use them that often – see the colorchecker passport review on this site for more info.