1. Product Description
MonacoDCcolor is the ideal digital camera profiling solution, created with professional photographers in mind. Profiling a digital camera allows users to seamlessly integrate digital shots into an ICC color managed workflow. MonacoDCcolor works in conjunction with industry standard color targets, which have been specifically developed for use with digital cameras to produce the highest quality digital camera profiles available.

Digital camera profiling ensures that digital captures will look their best and match the original scene colors. As a result, users spend less time retouching their images to recover the original scene colors. MonacoDCcolor is the perfect accompaniment to any color managed workflow that already includes monitor and output profiling.

2. Features
•   Creates ICC profiles for digital cameras
MonacoDCcolor allows user to create ICC standard color profiles for digital cameras. These ICC profiles are then used as part of a color managed workflow to accurately display and convert images from the digital camera color space to the color space of another device. This process maximizes the color rendering potential of the digital camera and allows other devices to accurately display or print the digital captures.

•   Unsurpassed profile quality
An intelligent algorithm examines the digitally captured input target and automatically selects the best profile building routine to maximize profile quality. As a result, MonacoDCcolor generates the highest quality ICC profiles for digital cameras.

•   Automatic Target Correction
MonacoDCcolor performs a comprehensive analysis of your digitally captured color target before building an ICC profile. The program performs automatic color balancing and compensation for uneven target illumination. This feature ensures that MonacoDCcolor builds the highest quality profile from each digital capture of the color target.

•   Support for popular digital camera targets
MonacoDCcolor supports for the following camera targets:
         •  GretagMacbeth ColorChecker
         •  GretagMacbeth ColorChecker DC
         •  Reflective HutchColor Target (HCT)

•   Provides statistical information
MonacoDCcolor provides statistical information about the color performance of your digital camera and the created profile. These profile statistic include the following:
         •  Average deltaE for every color patch in the camera target
         •  Average deltaE CMC for every color patch in the camera
             target
         •  Average deltaE for only the color patches that are inside the
             camera’s color gamut
         •  Percentage of color patches that are inside the camera’s
             color gamut vs. percentage of color patches that are outside
             the camera’s color gamut

•   Wizard-like interface
MonacoDCcolor employs a wizard-like interface that breaks down the profile building process into very clear steps. This approach greatly simplifies the entire profile building process.

3. Requirements
Macintosh - Classic
Power Macintosh or better
Macintosh System 9.1-9.x
180MB application RAM
100MB free disk space
Color Monitor with 24bit or greater video card
USB Port

Macintosh – OSX
Power Macintosh or better
Macintosh System 10.1.4 or higher
256MB application RAM
100MB free disk space
Color Monitor with 24bit or greater video card
USB Port

Windows
Pentium PC or better
Windows 98SE/00/ME/XP
128MB application RAM, 100MB free disk space
Color Monitor with 24bit or greater video card (with LUT support)
USB Port

DOES MONACODCCOLOR REQUIRE A SOFTWARE PROTECTION KEY (DONGLE)?
Yes. MonacoDCcolor ships with one USB dongle that may be used on any of the supported operating systems.

WHAT KIND OF DIGITAL CAMERAS DOES MONACODCCOLR SUPPORT?
Technically, MonacoDCcolor will build a profile for any digital camera. However, Monaco Systems only recommends profiling digital cameras that allow users to download images from the camera with automatic image / color processing DISABLED. This statement is generally true for midrange and high-end cameras. This statement may not be true for all low-end, consumer cameras.

WHICH COLOR TARGET PROVIDES THE BEST PROFILE RESULTS?
It would be very difficult to predict which color target will provide the absolute best results for the growing list of digital cameras on the marker today. However, from our experience, Monaco Systems has observed that the original GretagMacbeth ColorChecker (24 color patch target) generally provides the most accurate and robust color profiling results.

HOW MANY DIFFERENT ICC PROFILES DOES A USER NEED TO BUILD?
Generally, Monaco Systems recommends that a camera profile be built for each unique camera and lighting combination. For example, if the user has two different cameras and they shoot under daylight and tungsten lighting, they should build a total of four digital camera profiles.