PictoColor inCamera Software

-Scanner Profiling: IT8.7/1 or IT8.7/2, or GretagMacbeth ColorChecker, ColorChecker DC, or HutchColor HCT target

-Digital Camera Profiling: GretagMacbeth ColorChecker, Digital ColorChecker SG, ColorChecker DC

Calibration Charts are required to make ICC profiles. Charts supported (not included):

Macintosh:
Mac OS X, v 10.2.8 - 10.4.8,
PowerPC, Mac Intel, 512 MB RAM
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (9.0.2), CS3, CS4

Windows:
Windows XP, Vista,
Pentium, 512 MB RAM
Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4,

System Requirements

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There are certain situations (for example, school portrait photography) where profiling can be brought to bear on an "untouchable" area of color management: color negative film. If you shoot a frame containing either of the ColorChecker charts, followed by your "normal" images, the processed film can be scanned by a color negative film scanner, producing positive RGB digital images. You may then build a "digital camera" profile from the image of the ColorChecker, and apply this profile to all other images shot at that same time.

Note on scanning color negative film: Since IT8 targets are not available for color negative films, scanner profiles cannot generally be made for such media. However, the clever photographer can circumvent this limitation in certain situations by using inCamera in a special way.

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 Tutorial: Edit Digital Camera Profiles for Stunning, Color Accurate Portraits

ICC profiles created with inCamera may be edited to suit your preferences with our companion plug-in, iCorrect EditLab.  See the Using the Edit section of the iCorrect EditLab User Guide for details.

Even though we have made the color right relative to the known reference standard, we all know that color reproduction is every bit an art as much as it is a science. There may be times when you wish to intervene in the process, providing guidance as to how colors should be handled. There are countless imaging applications that offer standard color correction tools. An alternative method of adjusting color is to modify the behavior of a device profile instead. This is what profile editing is all about.

Profile Editing

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Image before assigning profile
 
Image after assigning profile
 
Digital file of ColorChecker Chart
 

Compare the measurements of the light blue square in the upper right-hand corner.

Image before assigning profile
 
Image after assigning profile
 
Digital file of ColorChecker Chart
 

Compare the measurements of the yellow square in the upper left-hand corner.

Image before assigning profile
 
Image after assigning profile
 
Digital file of ColorChecker Chart
 
 

Compare the measurements of the second gray square from the right.

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The mechanics of creating a digital camera profile are quite simple. All you do is take a picture any of the supported charts under the specific lighting conditions of your photo shoot, open the image within Photoshop, launch inCamera from the Filters menu, align the flexible template over the chart in the image, and click Ok. inCamera automatically creates a custom ICC profile by comparing the colors captured by the camera to the known color values of the chart.  Then, you simply assign the profile within Photoshop to all images shot under the same conditions. As you can see, the profile not only dramatically improves the shot visually, but transforms the each of colors of the ColorChecker Chart squares with dead-on accuracy relative to the known Lab values.

The Profiling Process
1. Simply open an image with one of the supported charts in the scene.
2. Select inCamera plug-in from Photoshop's Filters menu.
3. Position the appropriate flexible facsimile grid over the chart in the image
4. Save the ICC profile.
5. Assign the profile to each image taken under similar lighting conditions.

inCamera is designed to help the photographer achieve consistent, predictable color with any digital camera or scanner. Features an online User Guide that serves as a helpful tutorial for creating and properly integrating ICC profiles into a color managed Photoshop workflow.

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HutchColor HCT
Precision Scanner Target
 
Industry Standard IT8
 

GretagMacbeth
ColorChecker? DC
 

GretagMacbeth Digital
ColorChecker SG
 

GretagMacbeth
ColorChecker?
 

Supported Charts (not included)

Utilizing industry standard charts, inCamera creates a custom ICC digital camera or scanner profile by evaluating the color data captured by the camera or scanner and comparing the data to the known color values of the charts. This profile integrates seamlessly into any ICC color managed workflow. For a table that summarizes the various recommended uses of the different chart types Click Here.

inCamera is the fastest, easiest, and most accurate way to create custom ICC profiles for digital cameras and scanners. 

Accurate Color Capture.  Quickly and Easily

PictoColor? inCamera
Fast and Easy ICC Profile Software for Digital Cameras and Scanners

$199.95
Backup CD $14.95