Photoshop User - USA (2020-10)

Company: X-Rite, Incorporated

Price: $1,799

Rating:

Hot: Accurate results; small patch

measurements; ultra-bright

monitor calibration

Not:

Faster, More Accurate Color

Calibration & Profiling

X-Rite i1Photo

Pro 3

In January, X-Rite and Pantone announced i1Photo Pro 3,

the third-generation of the i1Pro family of color manage-

ment solutions for print, imaging, and photography. Meant

to be used by professionals who require accurate color from

their printer, display, and projector, the i1Photo Pro 3 set allows

photographers to quickly and easily create custom camera,

monitor, projector, scanner, and RGB printer profiles. The set

includes the redesigned i1Pro 3 Spectrophotometer, which is

more accurate and reliable, as well as two times faster, than

its predecessor.

The i1Photo Pro 3 kit I received for testing contained every-

thing you’d need to calibrate and profile your computer’s

display, a projector, and an RGB or CMYK printer. The unit

comes in a carrying case, and the first thing I noticed was

its size and weight. It seems to me that the iPro 3 has been

made sturdier and more robust, and it’s also bigger than the

previous versions I’ve tested. The target color measurement

guide for printed color profiling is still the same as with ear-

lier versions.

Review by Erik Vlietinck

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