ColourMatchingModuls

Table of Contents Open Source Implementations Argyll LittleCMS SampleICC QCMS GCMS CTL OpenGTL OpenColorIO Profiler ArgyllCMS LProf Tools ArgyllCMS SampleICC

The CMM colormatching module is the "engine" for color conversions in applications.

In Open Source applications, LittleCMS is the most used CMM. Other widely used CMMs are the AppleCMM in MacOSX, the AdobeCMM and the CMM delivered with Windows XP.

Open Source Implementations

Argyll

• http://www.argyllcms.com/
• Local, Argyll Community Documentation

License: GPL, with an exception to libicc and libcgats

LittleCMS

• http://www.littlecms.com/

License: MIT

SampleICC

• http://sampleicc.sourceforge.net/ — The ICC's inofficial sample implementation.

License: newBSD (3 clauses)

QCMS

• Mozillas implementation of a CMM: http://muizelaar.blogspot.com/2009/06/qcms-color-management-for-web.html
• code: git://git.freedesktop.org/~jrmuizel/qcms

GCMS

• an historical CMM effort: http://www.gcms.coloraid.de/

CTL

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/ampasctl - Ilm's effort to handle floating point colours precisely and according to the needs in the film industry.

License: modified new BSD (? with jurisdiction to California) ...

OpenGTL

• http://opengtl.org/ - The G of GTL means either Graphics or Generics, the T means Transformation and the L means Libraries or Languages. The C++ libraries are created by Cyrille Berger.

Currently the focus is on developing two languages, designed for two different implementations.

• OpenCTL which is a GPL compatible of the Color Transformation Language, this language is dedicated at transforming the value of a single pixel (for instance Brightness adjustment or desaturate). CTL is designed to be part of the Color Management process.
• OpenShiva is inspired by Adobe's Hydra language from the AIF Toolkit, Shiva is a language that apply a kernel-like transformations on an image, that means it works using more than one pixel.

License: LGPL

• A simple video tutorial on how to use PixelBender alias Hydra from Lee Brimelow

OpenColorIO

• http://opencolorio.org/ — complete color management solution geared towards motion picture production, partial ICC support

License: newBSD (3 clauses)

Profiler

ArgyllCMS

• dispcalGUI a display profiler
• Stefan's review of ArgyllCMSGUI, "Argyll CMS" and dispcalGUI : [09:57,]
• Gnome Color Manager is a CMS, but as well a front end to the ArgyllCMS profiler

LProf

LProf a scanner and display profiler

License: GPL

Tools

ArgyllCMS

• ImgTarget resembles a intelligent CMM in a GUI
• ArgyllCMSGUI a GUI for some Argyll's command line tools
• Argyll CMS a Argyll command line resampler
• Stefan's review of ArgyllCMSGUI, "Argyll CMS" and dispcalGUI : [09:57,]
• GaMapICC is a Mac OS X droplet, which works like a intelligent CMM

SampleICC

• IccXML a ICC <-> XML serialiser

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