Newly Released Datacolor CHROMACAL™ 2.0

Datacolor® is pleased to announce the release of CHROMACAL Image Calibration 2.0 ("CHROMACAL 2.0"), the latest advancement to its industry-leading color calibration technology designed for the research, science and forensics markets.

CHROMACAL 2.0 includes an array of new features:

• Ability to color-calibrate reflected light, macroscopic images (with a new CHROMACAL color target)
• New diagnostic tools to assess imaging system linearity and for quality control monitoring
• Full-screen viewing of images throughout the software
• Ability to easily select and save regions of interest as separate image files
• Multiple enhancements to the free CHROMACAL Viewer, for simple yet powerful viewing of images

With the release of CHROMACAL 2.0 (available as a free download to all existing CHROMACAL customers), Datacolor also introduced the CHROMACAL Macro Calibration Target ("CHROMACAL Target"), a color target specific to reflected light imaging of macroscopic samples. The CHROMACAL Target is a printed, matte, color matrix available in two standard sizes (10 cm x 7 cm and 5 cm x 3.5 cm). In addition, Datacolor is offering a unique service -- high-quality, custom-sized, printed color targets are available upon request.

Mark S. McNulty, General Manager for Datacolor CHROMACAL, commented, "We hear countless stories about the need for improved color quality in scientific digital imaging. With CHROMACAL 2.0, we have now added reflected light, macroscopic imaging to our existing color brightfield capabilities. Our goal is to continue to expand the tools and scope of CHROMACAL so that it becomes the color solution for all areas of scientific color imaging." He continued, "The quality and consistency of digital images is vital to evaluation and analysis. Scientific professionals are telling us that their imaging systems are not sufficiently addressing these needs. With CHROMACAL, a simple and uniform solution is now available."

For more information on CHROMACAL 2.0 for color calibration of your brightfield and macroscopic images, visit www.ChromaCal.com.

About CHROMACAL

The ChromaCal Color Calibration System delivers consistent, presentation-quality images without subjective adjustments...FAST! Packaged in a powerful yet easy-to-use interface, CHROMACAL streamlines the digital imaging workflow, and ensures that image data is color-standardized, never compromised.

Key Features:

• For transmitted light, color brightfield microscopy images and reflected light, macroscopic images
• Delivers accurate and consistent color in digital images for unsurpassed comparability between imaging sessions and imaging systems
• Color algorithm includes automatic white balance and brightness matching
• Fast batch processing of TIFF and JPEG files
• Diagnostic tools included to check linearity of your image capture system (critical for qualitative and quantitative analysis of digital images)
• CHROMACAL images are saved as separate files; original images are preserved
• Complete documentation stored in calibrated image metadata
• Flexibility to modify contrast while preserving linearity of images (not a gamma adjustment)
• Processes files up to 2GB in size (performance dependent on workstation configuration)
• Option to easily save TIFF images in JPEG format (for facilities sensitive to storage requirements)
• Integrated with ChromaCal Monitor Calibration software to assure color integrity over the entire imaging and evaluation continuum
• Software compatible with both Mac OSX and Windows operating systems.