re accurate color viewing and management via monitor calibration and the ability to snap to any color from a built-in library of Pantone colors. It can be imported into industry standard applications such as Adobe Creative Suite and Quark Xpress, and is part of a portfolio of professional color, design and photo management that includes ColorMunki Photo and ColorMunki Design. ColorMunki Create will be available for $149.
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\nCARLSTADT, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pantone, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT) and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced that PANTONE\u00ae\u2122 Create, an intuitive software and hardware solution for creating, managing, searching, verifying and sharing color palettes, is now shipping. An affordable, simple starting point for designers whose primary objective is color palette creation, ColorMunki Create is part of the ColorMunki portfolio. ColorMunki
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\n\u201cWith its intuitive software user interface, ColorMunki Create helps designers navigate through the color identification and specification process more efficiently, offering a variety of ways to select colors and create palettes in a safe viewing environment,\u201d said Andy Hatkoff, vice president of advanced color solutions for Pantone. \u201cWith the addition of basic monitor calibration capabilities, ColorMunki Create also ensures designers that the colors they are viewing onscreen are accurate.\u201d
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\nColorMunki Create automates color palette creation with a variety of tools for color selection. Colors can be chosen from system-level color pickers, PANTONE Color Libraries including the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM\u00ae and PANTONE Goe\u2122, keyword searches or color harmonies. ColorMunki can identify and extract colors from images, saving valuable time in the design process. Users of ColorMunki Create have the ability to snap any color from a built-in library to PANTONE Colors. Palettes can then be seamlessly imported into popular design applications including Adobe\u00ae Creative Suite\u00ae\u00ae, as well as other industry-standard applications. A palette synchronization function will automatically update any changes in palettes to the design applications. and QuarkXPress
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\nColorMunki Create also includes a monitor calibrator to ensure colors are viewed accurately onscreen. The PrintSafe\u2122 feature, a unique verification tool, is a one-click, out-of-gamut preview by paper type that will alert users as to which colors in their palettes are achievable or not on different paper stocks.
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\nUsers can preview palettes for CMYK or spot color printing with the Snap To feature, and easily predict how palette colors will reproduce in different print situations. Colors can also be evaluated under varying light sources.
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\nThe ColorMunki portfolio includes ColorMunki Photo, ColorMunki Design and ColorMunki Create, and is supported by www.colormunki.com, an online portal of resources and information for fully leveraging color creation, control and communication solutions. Easily integrated into digital workflows, ColorMunki products enable photographers and designers in multiple industries, including graphic design, printing, publishing, fashion, home, interior, architecture and industrial design, to create and produce their work with more freedom, flexibility and color assurance.
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\nDeveloped for agencies, corporate in-house and freelance designers, ColorMunki Design offers the same innovative palette creation and control software as ColorMunki Create, plus an all-in-one spectrophotometer that easily captures colors from any surface, and calibrates monitors, printers and projectors for true monitor-to-print color matching. A white calibration tile is integrated into the device so there\u2019s nothing to lose. In addition to the colors from a built-in library, ColorMunki Design can also snap any custom color to PANTONE Colors. An upgrade path to ColorMunki Design will be available for ColorMunki Create users.
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\nPricing, Availability and System Requirements
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\nColorMunki Create is available immediately at www.colormunki.com for an SRP of U.S. $149. It is also available at Amazon.com, Apple stores, Buy.com, Fry\u2019s Electronics, Micro Center, newegg.com, PC Mall, Ingram Micro and Zones, as well as other photo, design, major electronics and online retailers. Additional PANTONE Color Libraries will be available from the Pantone Web site at www.pantone.com. ColorMunki Create is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 and higher and Windows\u00ae XP and higher.
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