Wacom Color Manager Delivers True-to-Life On-Screen and Print Color Reproduction

Wacom teams with X-Rite Pantone on newly updated color calibration tool for complete color control on Wacom’s Cintiq Pro 27 and its other professional pen displays.

Wacom announces the availability of its updated Wacom Color Manager, the company’s custom color calibration solution designed for animators, visual effects artists, photographers, designers and other creative professionals who demand color accuracy across their workflow and need to match the colors on their pen display(s) to the final output, be that photos, prints, animation or video. The Wacom Color Manager combines a colorimeter and custom software for color profiling with proprietary advanced Cintiq Pro 27 hardware level calibration, co-developed by market leading color expert X-Rite Pantone and Wacom, delivering a higher level of color accuracy for easy and fast color management that ensures finished work is reproduced exactly as intended.

Color Management and the new Cintiq Pro 27

Delivering brilliant 4K resolution in 10-bit color as well as 99% Adobe^® RGB and 98% DCI-P3 accuracy in these two important color spaces, the Cintiq Pro 27 combines with the Color Manager to offer specific performance advantages to users. For example, the ability to create up to four Look-Up Tables (LUT) provides objective color measurement and allows users to improve true color intent based on personal likes or color direction from film or video creative team supervisors. Colors are also captured at the display level which offers users convenient and fast access regardless of the computer being used. “Because of the Cintiq Pro 27’s advanced color gamut, users who employ Wacom Color Manager with the Cintiq Pro can alleviate the need for a second monitor, eliminate trial and error time, improve productivity and reduce equipment expenditures,” says Faik Karaoglu, Executive Vice President of Wacom’s Branded Business Unit. “Our work with X-Rite Pantone is ultimately helping creative content professionals easily manage color and reduce possible rework or rejection costs.”

Pantone^™ Validated and Pantone SkinTone^™ Validated

Both the Cintiq Pro 27 and Wacom Color Manager faithfully reproduce the Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors and Pantone SkinTone library, providing professional artists with the highest level of confidence in viewing and editing colors and skin tones across all platforms, including film, TV, mobile devices and print. The Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 has been awarded the distinguished Pantone Validated and Pantone SkinTone Validated approval by passing Pantone’s rigorous testing criteria. These approvals verify that the Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 can authentically reproduce the diverse set of colors found in the Pantone PMS and SkinTone Guides. Additionally, support for the DCI-P3 color space expands the use of the Cintiq Pro 27 for a better visual color experience when designing for digital cinema and video, a key group of pen display users for Wacom.

“We worked closely with Wacom to customize the software for direct and seamless communication with the Cintiq Pro 27,” says X-Rite’s Jan Keller, Vice President OEM Sales. “With the unique updates to the Wacom Color Manager, combined with Pantone Validated approvals, users will definitely appreciate the true-to-life visual color experience and the creation of finished work that looks as intended on every output device.”

Pricing and Availability

The Wacom Color Manager, available now for both PC and Mac users, can be purchased from Wacom’s eStore for $249.95 (USD), or from authorized resellers. In addition to support of the Cintiq Pro 27, the Wacom Color Manager works with the entire Cintiq Pro family as well as the the MobileStudio Pro 13 and 16.

About Wacom

Founded in Japan in 1983, Wacom (6727:Tokyo) is a global company with offices supporting marketing and distribution in over 150 countries. For more than 30 years, Wacom has worked with the most creative people and organizations to inspire and equip them to make the world a more creative place. Wacom’s products have been used by loyal customers to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashions and product designs. They have also played a significant role in making technology accessible in a natural and intuitive way through pen tablets, creative and mobile pen displays, digital interface solutions, stylus products as well as eDocument solutions. These all make it possible for everyone to express their creativity in digital media, whether artists, business executives or people enjoying everyday creativity.

Wacom’s interface technologies are also offered as OEM solutions to leading manufacturers with Wacom feel IT technologies integrated into the PC, tablet and smartphone products of many strategic partners around the world.

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