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LaCie Introduces Comprehensive Color Management for LCDs
• Automatic hardware calibration in a single click
• Switchable colorimetric environments
• Ideal for serious graphics professionals
• Designed to complement the LaCie 321 Monitor
London, (January 2005) – LaCie introduces a comprehensive calibration and profiling solution for the most demanding graphics professionals: the new LaCie blue eye pro automatic hardware calibration solution specially tuned to work with the LaCie 321 Monitor. Thanks to the monitor’s unique DDC interface, blue eye pro software can adjust settings with a single click, automatically creating and activating an ICC profile that ensures consistent colors throughout the workflow.
“In combination with LaCie’s 321 Monitor, we wanted to provide a display calibration tool that was both practical and effective,” says Daniel Mayer, LaCie Product Manager. “Our new calibration software coupled with the third-generation sensor makes the calibration process precise and simple for both beginning and advanced color management users.”
In addition to hardware calibration LaCie blue eye pro also offers a convenient Calibration Report tool that can inspect and report the current state of the monitor. The user may then decide whether calibration is necessary and avoid the time-consuming process when it is not. In its most advanced form, this tool performs a full characterization of the monitor and compares it with the target settings. The full set of precise measures can be saved for future reference.
LaCie blue eye pro saves exclusive hardware settings that correspond to a user’s chosen colorimetric environment within the ICC Profile it creates. Such advanced ICC Profiles make it possible to switch from one colorimetric environment to another without needing to re-calibrate or even manipulate the colorimeter, while preserving the advantage of a precisely hardware-calibrated monitor.
ICC profiles created with LaCie blue eye pro can be embedded in all the artwork created on the monitor, as well as applied to all incoming work to help ensure that content is presented identically from monitor to monitor. Whether for graphic design, photography or pre-press work, LaCie blue eye pro guarantees the right colors in a single click.
Features
• Automatic hardware calibration and ICC profiling
• Time-saving color evaluation and calibration report tool
• Switchable colorimetric environments
• Third-generation colorimeter technology
• White point temp settings: 4000-10,000K in 500K increments
• Gamma settings: 1-3 in 0.1 increments
• Luminance settings: maximum, absolute or percentage
• Compatible with ColorSync and ICC-compatible applications
• Software compatibility: Apple ColorSync, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress
Availability
The LaCie blue eye pro is intended for use with the LaCie 321 and Mac OS X 10.1 and above, and will be available end of January 2005 at a suggested retail price of £189 +VAT (SKU 108512). More information can be found online at www.lacie.com/uk/products
About LaCie
LaCie creates external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their digital lives. Powerful technology combined with unique designs by the internationally acclaimed Philippe Starck, Neil Poulton and Porsche Design GmbH make LaCie the world leader in storage innovation. Established in France in 1989, LaCie is now headquartered in North America, Europe and Asia and listed on the Paris Nouveau Marché. For more information, visit www.lacie.com.
