CalMAN Enthusiast
Complete Calibration Kit CalMAN Enthusiast, EyeOne Pro, EyeOne
Pro tripod holder, Spyder 3, DPG-1200,
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all accessories.
Same as above but adds a Color Management System for
completely independent Hue, Saturation, and
Brightness controls for each Primary/Secondary
colour!
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The world's most flexible, powerful, and easy to use software tool for
greyscale & colour calibration! It is the only calibration package that grows
with you! The easy to follow wizards in the "Basic" mode are perfect for novice
users just starting out while the flexibility of the "Design" mode gives
professionals and enthusiasts the control they need.
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CalMAN is color calibration software for the calibration of high definition
televisions and other video displays to the major display calibration standards
used throughout the world.
CalMAN is a Windows application that provides everything you need for home
theater calibration.
CalMAN is the industry-leading
solution for professional video calibrators, because it offers
incomparable accuracy, the widest support for professional calibration
hardware, and all the powerful features that professional calibrators
require.
But for the complete novice, CalMAN also
provides simple, easy-to-use wizards that walk you step by
step through the entire process of making your HDTV display accurate color,
even if you have never attempted to calibrate a video display before.
CalMAN has the widest hardware support in the industry: it works with almost
any colorimeter and almost any test pattern source. SpectraCal has configured a
selection of complete packages that include exemplary hardware, providing
everything you need to calibrate your display.
Does your high definition television set look "wrong? Do people's skin tones
look sunburned or vaguely greenish? Are details hard to see in dark scenes? Do
you have trouble seeing details in bright scenes, especially ones in involving
things like snow? If you answered "yes" to any of the above, then chances are
that your HDTV is in need of a calibration and CalMAN can help!
Why use CalMAN instead of the various free solutions available?
There are many reasons why it makes sense for notice to expert users alike to
use CalMAN instead of the various free solutions available:
Even with a copy of our
highly popular
Greyscale &
Colour Calibration for Dummies guide in front of you to help you, calibrating a display for the first time can be daunting. CalMAN has step-by-step
wizards to lead a complete novice through the process. At each step, there
are detailed instructions on your screen telling you exactly what to do now.
If you want, you can stop and read a whole tutorial on the underlying
theory, but you don’t have to. You just push the buttons the wizard tells
you to push. Think of CalMAN as an interactive version of our
Greyscale &
Colour Calibration for Dummies guide taken to a much higher level.
Everything is tailored to your exact setup and needs as you step through the
calibration.
SpectraCal are an OEM of X-rite
and therefore have exclusive access to a much lower interface in the EyeOne Display 2
/ LT / Pro sensors than other software. CalMAN can therefore
properly support Plasma with all meters. Another example is CalMAN's low
light handler which makes the EyeOne Pro meter significantly more accurate
at low light levels than when using other popular software. Unlike other software, CalMAN
also supports all meters in contact, non-contact, and direct modes.
A great deal of work has gone into making visual controls that let you steer by what you see. A good example is the
Bullseye Color chart (seen below)
.
You don’t have to understand how the Color
Decoder in your display works to set it using CalMAN. All you have to do is get the dot into the
bulls-eye. If you tweak a control and the dot moves further away from the
center, tweak the control the other way.
CalMAN automates the process for you. If
you’ve ever watched someone calibrate their TV for the first time, one
hassle they have is running back and forth to advance the DVD to the next
pattern, start a read on their meter, etc. In CalMAN (particularly if you’re
using the free CalMAN pattern generator), we do it all for you. You click
your mouse on the control button,
and CalMAN displays the pattern and performs the read, or the whole sequence
of reads, or a continuous read so you can watch your results change as you
adjust the display.
CalMAN is accurate and reliable. It
is the same software that many of the pros use. You could call in a professional calibrator
and there's a good chance that he’d be using CalMAN and going through the same steps you go through.
If you continue your interest in
calibration, you won’t outgrow CalMAN. We have seen many users who start off
calibrating one TV in their basement, and pretty soon they’re over at their
friend’s house, and then they’re thinking about going into the business.
CalMAN supports everything from the least expensive Spyder meters to the highest
of the high end. And the software is designed to help you along the way. It
adapts as your skills improve, and its teaching materials help you learn.
More information on CalMAN v3
CalMAN Version 3 display calibration software represents a significant
increase in functionality and flexibility from anything previously available.
New and existing users alike will find CalMAN v3 more flexible, more powerful
and more accurate than anything that has come before it. While such power may
seem intimidating, CalMAN has also been extensively engineered and field tested
to make sure that users of all ability levels can tap into this resource
quickly, easily and intuitively. One of the features that makes CalMAN so
flexible is its adaptive help system. Users will find a wealth of information on
both display calibration and ion using the application in the help system,
including information on key features they will want to use.
What makes CalMAN different: Adapting to Users’ Ability Levels
CalMAN’s three main user profiles (modes) are designed to adapt the
application to the skill and interest level of the individual user. Starting
with the Basic profile, CalMAN provides a limited feature set designed to
get users through basic calibration tasks as quickly and efficiently as
possible. As your skill level and interest in tuning your display progress, more
options and features are opened up to you that allow you to squeeze ever greater
levels of accuracy out of the display. Ultimately, you develop your own style
and processes for doing things in the Design mode where CalMAN allows you
to set things up in exactly the way you want to work, providing you more data,
in a more usable fashion, than any other package available on the market.
Process-centric Design
Unlike other calibration tools on the market, CalMAN is the first tool to
incorporate a holistic view of the display calibration process. This starts at
the Welcome screen where you select key options and build your worklist.
While this does take an extra few seconds of up-front work, these selections
guide which options are available to you, as well as the setting of key defaults
that save you more time later (e.g., selecting an HD input resolution sets the
colorspace target for that input to the HD [Rec 709] standard).
CalMAN extends this process-centric design into the save file where all
calibration runs for a given input are saved together in one file. No more
hassle throwing away intermediate results for fear of forgetting which data file
represents the final set of calibration figures. It is all there at your
fingertips. If you need to backtrack to take a different course, your notes with
your settings are there, as well as the performance data itself.
Customizable Interface
Because CalMAN is designed to adapt to an individual user’s needs, you can
customize the interface to arrange the data you want in the way that makes the
most sense to you using layouts. Built using XML, these files let you organize
each page of your workspace just the way you want. Using the Design mode, you
can drag-and-drop data grids, analysis charts, data fields, and note boxes onto
the workspace, and then resize them to be just right for the way you work. Some
users will want to create layouts that put all of their charts on one page.
Other users will want to have layouts that are focused only on a specific task.
Since you are not limited by the number of layout pages you can have, you are
only limited by your imagination and screen resolution as to what you can do,
and you can always zoom in on the data in most charts!
Industry-leading Accuracy (introducing the 64-bit CORE engine)
As a software measurement tool, CalMAN’s development was guided by the simple
notion that users have enough to worry about with all of the moving pieces of
calibrating a display that they do not need the distraction of worrying about
whether their software is to blame for odd results. Sitting under the hood of
CalMAN is our exclusive Calibration Optimization and Reporting Environment
(CORE) engine. Written exclusively using 64-bit double-precision floating point
math, the CORE engine outperforms even popular spreadsheet applications for
calculation accuracy because it never has to drop to single-precision or integer
operations for convenience or speed purposes.
The CORE engine also includes advanced matrix operations and statistical
techniques so that CalMAN users do not suffer from errors and inaccuracies
caused by unnecessary rounding of critical input variables or by the use of
inappropriate or inefficient estimation models. CalMAN typically uses >12
decimal places for key variables like XYZ-to-RGB matrices, where previously
users might have been limited to four or fewer. Wherever possible, the CORE
engine computes such critical values, rather than relying on outside files or
tables.
Automated Measurement
CalMAN’s functionality to make the calibration easier does not stop with just
the application itself. Instead, CalMAN continues the tradition begun in version
2 of leading the industry integration with third-party software and hardware. As
with v2, CalMAN includes the ability to control directly the test patterns in
popular video processors manufactured by Lumagen and DVDO. By connecting your PC
to your video processor via a serial cable, CalMAN can automate entire
calibration runs, often taking a complete set of grayscale measurements, for
example, in well under two minutes. (Speed is generally determined by the
meter.)
For users using a Windows-based HTPC, CalMAN can not only operate some
third-party software packages, but users can also use the CalMAN HTPC Pattern
Generator. This software, controlled by CalMAN via TCP/IP, includes a
comprehensive suite of test patterns allowing users to calibrate their display
without having to worry about whether their playback software is corrupting the
signal from their test disc. Once the display is calibrated, HTPC users can then
work inside their playback software to diagnose any inaccuracies coming out of
the rendering pipeline.
For users with an “ordinary” optical disc player, CalMAN includes an
Auto Sensing function that allows certain test discs (currently AVIA,
GetGray, and other discs with continuous playthrough test pattern sequences) to
be used in a semi-automated fashion. While this does not directly control the
disc player itself, it does allow users to enjoy many of the speed benefits of
having a directly-controlled test pattern generator.
Finally, for those users who like keyboard shortcuts, CalMAN includes several
function key shortcuts (hot keys) to quickly perform key tasks in the
application like taking measurements and navigating between measurement points.
Your Material, Your Home Theater
Since most users watch a broad selection of content, they potentially need to
calibrate their displays to multiple standards in order to enjoy content exactly
the way the director intended. To support this, CalMAN not only includes
profiles for the three major television standards in use throughout the world
(NTSC, HD and PAL/SECAM), but it also includes a profile for black-and-white
films (to add a touch of sepia to the image), as well as the ability to add
user-defined color targets.
While this gives users flexibility to make their display match their content,
CalMAN also provides four selectable formulae for computing gamma targets, as
well as the ability to tweak the gamma coefficient itself. This gives users the
ability to create luminance targets that take into account the realities of
users’ viewing environments, rather than having to use a software developer’s
pre-canned idea of what is right for everyone.
CalMAN Licence Information (Enthusiast vs. Home)
Home License
There are two types of CalMAN Home licence: Home Colorimeter and
Home Spectroradiometer.
The Home Colorimeter license supports only tristimulus
colorimeters such as the Spyder3,
Display 2, and Chroma 5.
The Home Spectroradiometer license supports only spectroradiometers
such as the EyeOne Pro, and
ColorMunki Design/Photo.
See the meter support table for a complete list of meters supported.
If you wish to use both a colorimeter and spectroradiometer, you must purchase
the two separate Home licences or the Enthusiast licence.
Home license exclusions:
The Home license does not automate the use of pattern generators
such as the DPG-1000/1200.
The Home license is valid only for personal use on your own displays.
The Home license is not transferable to
other users.
Enthusiast License
Many CalMAN users have long been asking
us for a license that would give them
more access than the Home license permits by supporting multiple meters. Enthusiasts may have quite a
bit of gear!
The new CalMAN Enthusiast license supports all the meters supported by the
various home licenses, including the
Hubble, plus it
enables automation of whole measurement sequences
with the CalMAN DPG-1000/12000 Digital Pattern Generators
and automated setup of the VideoEq Advanced Colour
Processor.
Enthusiast license exclusions:
The Enthusiast license does not allow you to automate the use of pattern
generators other than the DPG-1000/1200.
The Enthusiast license is valid only for personal use on your own displays.
License Notes:
Home and Enthusiast licenses are all single-user for use only by one individual. Contact
spectracal@curtpalme.com
for site licenses and studio licenses.
All licenses allow you to use CalMAN on more than a single computer -- for
example, on your desktop and on your laptop.
The Home
License and the Enthusiast license are not transferable.
What meters does CalMAN support?
CalMAN has the widest hardware support in the industry: It works with almost
any meter and test pattern source.
These meters are sold by SpectraCal, an authorized
X-rite OEM reseller. Why does that matter?
When you buy a meter through us, you know:
The meter you receive is a
brand-new meter.
The meter you receive is
the current revision of the meter.
The meter you receive is
never B-stock, refurbished material, or gray market cut-outs.
The meter you receive has
been calibrated at the factory.
The meter you receive has a
recent calibration date. The calibration of the meter is certified
for one year. You know that you get a full
twelve months’ use of the meter before it may need recalibration.
The meter you receive carries an original X-rite factory warranty.
In short, when you buy a meter through us, you know what you are getting,
and you know you are getting the best.
Test Pattern
Source Support
The chart below shows the test pattern sources supported by CalMAN.
For additional information on specific sources, email
spectracal@curtpalme.com.
Pixel Magic Systems CrystalIO II (Manual mode until it
has RS-232 for its patterns)
x
x
x
Display Support
CalMAN supports all known display types including (but not necessarily
limited to): LCD, LCoS, SXRD, CRT, Plasma, and DLP.
Trial version & Free Tools
CalMAN is available for free evaluation. Click
here to download
an evaluation copy.
The version you download is fully functional, except that it uses only a
simulated color meter, so you can not use it to actually calibrate a video
display. To turn the evaluation version into a full-featured version of CalMAN
v3 you must purchase an authorization code using the BUY NOW links at the top of
this page.
SpectraCal also offers the free test pattern source HPTC, which uses your PC
to generate video test patterns. Click
here
to download HTPC.
Support
Both CalMAN Home and Enthusiast come with twelve months of free upgrades and
support. After that, annual support subscriptions can be purchased to ensure
that your software stays up to date with all of the latest enhancements and
fixes.
Free upgrade policy
CalMAN upgrades are free for one year from the point of purchase, including
upgrades to new major release versions (such as the upcoming CalMAN 4). Buy the
current version today with the comfort of knowing that you'll get a free upgrade
to the next version!
Hardware/Software Requirements
Operating Systems: Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista or Windows 7 OS components required: .Net framework 2.0 AND DirectX v9.0c or v10 Minimum CPU: Intel Celeron 1.46GHz or AMD Sempron 2200+ Minimum RAM: 256MB Free Disk Space: 200MB Display: Minimum size 1024 x 768, Recommended 1280 x 1024 USB: 1.1 or 2.0 Virtualization (for running on Macs or other platforms)― Compatible with:
VMware, Bootcamp, Parallels
Videos
A demonstration of the upcoming CalMAN 4 from CES 2010 (January 2010):
CalMAN was mentioned in the July/August 2008 issue of Widescreen Review
Magazine:
"... boasts the widest hardware support in the industry
and covers a wide variety of meters from the low-cost X-Rite Display 2 model up
to the high-end Sencore OTC-1000 (Hubble). Automatic test pattern generator control
is supported for the latest Model 4000 from Accupel as well as my own Model
3000, as well as the full line of Sencore and Quantum Data test generators.
Unlike some calibration programs that throw a lot to digest at once for new
users, CalMAN offers three tiers of operation ranging from beginner with a few
simple, canned wizard screens to the fully advanced mode that lets you design
your own layouts the way you want them to appear. Technical support is
top-notch, with most questions answered within a day or two as well as an
active support forum available through their site. I also found the included
help and information screens almost worth the price by themselves, for they
bring a lot of information from widely scattered sources and articles into one
convenient place. I highly recommend this program and company."
- Michael Marks, Widescreen Review Magazine #133.
"This is the most comprehensive piece of calibration software that I have
had the pleasure of working with (and I have worked with quite a few). With
their impeccable support and their willingness to listen to feedback and
suggestions, their product has evolved into quite the masterpiece. SpectraCal
has poised themselves to be a market leader for the calibration software market.
The software is well suited both for Novice and Pro Calibrators. The application
Help Files and predefined layouts are invaluable to the novice. For a Pro
Calibrator, the ability to create custom workflow layouts is just what the
doctor ordered. CalMAN has a comprehensive list of meters that it supports which
also gives it a great edge over the competition. In addition to the tremendous
meter support, this software provides you with the most comprehensive list of
analytical data I have seen compared to other software packages. In a nutshell
you can't go wrong with this software package." - Stephen Cooper,
Digital Video Calibrations
LLC, Jacksonville, FL
"CalMAN is simply the most versatile, well researched, tested, and well
documented software available for display calibration. No professional's set of
tools is complete without it. As a professional, having the ability to work
with multiple meters in the same software is fantastic. For the hobbyist, the
exceptional documentation make it not only a fine tool, but a great learning
opportunity. The support is second to none. Like many great products, CalMAN
grew out of a desire to do a job better and a curiosity about a technology. Well
done." - Leonard Caillouet, A/V Calibration and Repair Technician,
Gainesville, FL
"I have been calibrating professionally since the fall of 2002. I have
owned Progressive Labs (very briefly), ColorFacts 7.5, and CalMAN. I also got
some time in with Sencore software during ISF training. I started using CalMAN
last fall (now CalMAN Pro), and I am now a serious fan. CalMAN is the most
informative and analytical program I have seen by a large margin. In
addition to the usual RGB tracking, luminance, and color gamut graphs, there
are far more unique graphs available than any other program I have seen. For
example, the color luminance chart is a great help in calibrating "perfect
color" and similar color decoding adjustments. It measures the luminance of the
primary and secondary colors in relation to white. Depending on the test pattern
source, it is possible to verify consistent results at 75%, 100%, and even 50%.
The absolute RGB color balance chart and point gamma charts are invaluable with
those displays that feature multi point gamma adjustment. Before CalMAN, I used
to try to make these adjustments with just a luminance chart; but these new
tools provide far more precise results. In addition to the graphs, there is more
raw data available than on any program I have seen. Finding the gamma at, for
example, 70% stimulus is a snap. Also, finding the x, y, z, Y, L, u', v', and
other data of either white at any stimulus level or any primary/secondary color
is easy. Their customer service and support has also been outstanding,
with quick responses from the highly knowledgeable programmers and creators.
It's not a matter of how close CalMAN comes to the more expensive programs;
rather, it's a matter of how badly does CalMAN embarrass the more expensive
programs." - Chad Billheimer, Touring ISF calibrator servicing the East
Coast to the Midwest, www.HDTVbyChadB.com
"I've used many different calibration software packages and am a long-time
Colorfacts user but I am always looking for something better. With displays and
video processors offering even more complicated colour management systems I
needed an all in one software package that would give me the information I
needed quickly and accurately in order to make use of these powerful new
calibration tools. I found that solution in CalMAN. Not only that, unlike
with some of the other packages I've used, the support has been superb. The
CalMAN guys listen to feedback and implement it. Great product." -
Gordon Fraser, ISF calibrator and Lumagen Distributor, UK
"This software assists you to get the best from a display, when
a compromise has to be made you can see clearly where to balance the error. The
help files are well written understandable and guide you to a good result. For
the advanced user and professional there is a full complement of options to set
up the correct parameters for the display type and situation. There is some
advanced work in the wings as well aimed mostly at the pro version with database
and reporting features. The pro version already works with a large range of
probes and video generators. (Read
complete review)" - Nigel Beale, Masterpiece Calibration Ltd (ISF),
Christchurch, New Zealand
"You guys are so awesome. I recommend your product to anybody that will
listen and want to learn about color calibration." - Billy Spears
"CalMAN is the calibration software to own because of its accuracy, educational
materials, flexible workflow (based on each user's experience and preferred
workflow), and unparalleled support from both developers and users.
Because of CalMAN, both the software and support (in the form of direct
interactions with the developers/owners) I was able to effortlessly learn the
“ins and outs” of calibration in a relatively short period of time and, because
of this, my picture quality has never been better as attested to by my
friends and fellow home theater enthusiasts. Thanks!" - Joel Cohen
"You guys supply the best customer service I have ever experienced." - Ed
Johnson
"CalMAN is a great value" - Ray Caronado, Jr.
"I just
cannot say enough good things about the guys over at SpectraCal, their products
and customer support I have received are absolutely first rate. I know
almost nothing about calibration so there is a very steep learning curve for me
to climb, but the hardest part of using my Chroma5 and CalMAN has been coaxing
my Sony G70 projector controls to do what I need them to do (operator
ignorance). I bought my unit back during the sale in August and waited until I
had re-set up my cinema before attempting to calibrate it (yesterday). I ran
into a little hiccup with the software and sent an email over to LA of
SpectraCal, I also called and left a message. A few minutes ago I checked my
email to find a response from LA from 2 different email addresses because my
stupid email server bounced his email from this morning. He resent the emails at
11:12 PM!!! What a maniac working that late. How many people can say they spent
a proportionally large amount of money on a tool for their cinema that really
only has one function (albeit a very important large singular function) and then
when they have a tiny issue get this kind of service? Not many I reckon. Thanks
again LA and SpectraCal. You guys are making my foray into calibration very
painless. Anybody on the fence about plunking down the dough with these guys? Go
ahead and pull the trigger. For me it has been worth every penny." - Ray
"Thanks all! Outstanding customer service, you certainly take a lot
of the 'fear' of taking on a intimidating project for a new user." - Brian
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