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Color Assessment for Non-Solids

The proven benefits of digital color approval processes Digital color assessment is a well-established and proven practice for solid colors in globally operating supply chains. Creating a digital fingerprint of a material’s color and comparing production batches to defined standards have resulted in remarkable cost and time savings. Unfortunately, only solid color material can benefit from this proven method, leaving 50% of all fabric goods out of the digital color assessment workflow. This is due to color pattern, material mix and the presence of more than one solid color as the averaging...

Extend the proven benefits of digital color assessment Color is one - if not the - most important product-quality distinctions and must be correct, consistent and produced on-time to meet frequent changing seasons. With Datacolor Viewport, textile retail supply chains can take full advantage of digital workflow and color communication technology, and increase color accuracy and consistency by removing the subjective human observer from the color assessment process. Digital color approval improves workflow by allowing communication of images and color assessment results across global supply...

Let non-solid materials participate in benefitproven digital color communication Viewport provides the greatest value to non-solid materials including fabric prints and patterns, heather, lace, denim, towels, wall coverings, and a variety of multi-color fabrics. Where spectrophotometers are unable to assess non-solid colors and materials with open-textured surfaces and visual color assessment can vary due to colors appearing different to each individual, Viewport is able to visualize and provide Color Performance Metrics. With Viewport, global apparel supply chains can take full advantage...

Add objectivity and accuracy to visual color approval processes Using digital camera technology, Viewport replaces the subjective, visual observer by an objective, color calibrated device that repeatedly and accurately captures images of multi-colored objects. By acquiring color corrected images under three different lights, Viewport provides a unique way of detecting Metamerism, color variations and differences that appear under alternative lights. Viewport’s proprietary technology provides a new dimension of color assessment and is the first solution to capture images in agreement to the...

Improving Speed to Market for global supply chains Viewport allows for immediate remote access to color-accurate fabric images via cloud-based1) data repositories, eliminating the time and money consuming process of shipping physical samples. Instead, Viewport users can easily post images and submit information to the web, as well as approve/ reject, archive or search for samples. The ability to share color data digitally provides the market with a competitive advantage of precision and speed.

New Color Assessment Technology Datacolor Viewport is a first-of-its-kind technology that meets the daily needs of retail colorists and QC operators by making it possible to accurately capture and reproduce color of non-solid fabrics such as prints/patterns, heather, lace, denim, towels, wall coverings and a variety of multi-color products. Datacolor Viewport is a revolutionary new Color Assessment System which makes the visual color control process error-free. The new technology allows for significant and positive changes to the traditional visual color assessment process and improves the...

Highly accurate materials representation on screen Viewport provides visual and numerical color assessment through established color approval on-screen methods. By choosing specific parts from an image at the pixel-level, any color in a multi-colored sample can be selected and measured on-screen for approval. Using factory calibrated high-end graphics monitor technology from the leader in color-management means highly accurate results.

Maintain digital sample archives Digital sample archives through the accompanying Viewport Desktop Application Software accommodate unlimited digital samples in the cloud for instant access. By eliminating the need for physical samples, Viewport reduces the amount of storage capacity needed for saving materials and eliminates the need for climate controlled environments. Eliminating physical samples also means no ageing or color fading. Seasonal color standards are permanently archived yet easily accessible.

Sharing data instantly and securely across the globe Through cloud server technology, Viewport provides a secure method of sharing color data across the globe. State-of-the-art modern technology means information is shared instantly. With Viewport’s digital color measurement and digital communication process, a design department in New York can deliver or check multi-colored samples simultaneously with the production facility in Asia. The communication and data exchange is seamless, quick and reliable, making the usually time consuming approval process faster. By taking full advantage of...

Easy-to-use for increased productivity and reliability The workflow with Viewport starts with the imaging capturing sequence whereby the material to be evaluated in placed on the sample tray and affixed with magnets. The desktop software runs and controls the image sequence under the three different lighting conditions to allow for image manipulation and then provides numerical color assessment results.

STANDALONE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Pentium IV with Intel Core i7-2600@3.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB SATA HDD with 16MB cache 6GB/s, 1GB AMD Raedon HD6450 graphics card, WIN 7 pro. 1 Prerequisite: AWS account

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