Calibrite ColorChecker Classic Mini
Color control for photos - from shooting to editing
The ColorChecker Classic Mini is a small, handy pocket-sized target measuring just 63.5 x 109.0mm.
Designed for practical use in the workplace, it is ideal for on-location shooting and the following scenarios;
- Digital Photography: Reviewing Images, Digital Displays, Monitors
- Traditional Photography: Check Films, Lights, Filters and Paper
- Graphic Arts: Review all printing and proofing processes
- Digital imaging: Check scanners, monitors and other proofing devices
- Cinematography: Television and Video: Check cameras, monitors, lighting and film
The ColorChecker Targets are ideal for creating custom camera profiles (DNG and ICC), correcting neutral balance and exposure, and provide a standard for color correction.
The targets provide an objective comparison standard to determine the true color balance of any color rendering system. They provide the standard needed to compare, measure and analyze color rendering variations in different processes, thus avoiding costly errors.
The ColorChecker Target consists of 24 scientifically formulated colors that have been the industry's leading color reference target for more than 40 years. It is designed to ensure true-to-life color reproduction, allowing photographers and filmmakers to predict and control how colors will behave under different lighting conditions.
Each of the 24 colors found on the ColorChecker Target represents the actual color of natural objects such as skin tones, foliage, and blue skies, and reflects light exactly as its realistic counterpart does. Because these colors reflect the color of their counterparts in the natural world and reflect light in the same way in all parts of the visible spectrum, the color squares match the colors of representative samples of natural objects under any lighting and with any color reproduction process. Each color patch is individually formulated to produce pure, flat, and rich color.
ColorChecker Targets have been used by color perfectionists for a decade to create custom DNG profiles for Adobe Lightroom® and Photoshop® workflows. Now, custom ICC camera profiles can also be created for use in Capture One® (or other ICC compatible software) when ColorChecker Targets are used in conjunction with Calibrite ColorChecker Camera Calibration Software. You'll get accurate color when shooting based on a specific combination of exposure, camera, and lens used during a shoot, saving valuable time in editing.
Using a ColorChecker target is easy. Integrate the ColorChecker into your photo or video capture and use it later, during editing, to compare, measure and analyze deviations in color reproduction in any color reproduction system.
The ColorChecker can help you make comprehensive corrections based on accurate information. If you shoot a large number of images that all require the same color correction, you know that editing a few key photos and applying your changes can sometimes change colors you didn't intend. A ColorChecker shot taken under the same lighting conditions as your images provides a reference point so you can see exactly how the changes will affect the rest of your colors before you apply them.
This standard helps you avoid costly mistakes and trial-and-error color adjustments when editing or color correcting your images.
Third-party software support:
- Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom through a free plug-in
- Color Finale
- Black Magic DaVinci Resolve for color editing in a video editing workflow
- Hasselblad Phocus for ICC camera profiling
- 3DLUT Creator
- DxO Photolab 4
