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ColorCert Desktop 24.03 (Current Release)

名前: ColorCert Desktop

バージョン: 24.03 (Current Release)

旧バージョン: 24.02

リリース日: 4月 11, 2024

ファイルタイプ: PC - MSI Installer, MAC - Disk Image File

ファイルをダウンロード: Mac バージョン PC バージョン

注記:

The ColorCert Desktop download link provides an installer for licenses of ColorCert Manager, ColorCert Pressroom, ColorCert Inkroom, and ColorCert QA.

QA Tools Perpetual Licenses are not available for v5 (QA Tools is available only under subscription). Conversion from perpetual to subscription is offered and includes the version upgrade (PN# CCR-CCQAP2S). Please contact X-Rite Sales if you have any questions or need assistance in obtaining the upgrade.

Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 are no longer supported. 

Changes/Fixes since 24.02:

Pressroom Tools (New UI)

  • Added a new Mediastrip Settings dialog to the Strip Type menu.
  • Added the ability to specify different default file locations for loading jobs versus saving jobs.
  • Changed the UI spacing of the Press Setup meta data.
  • Changed the “New Job” menu item so it is no longer available while a job is open. The user must close the current job first.
  • Changed the Profile Editor Color Classification menu selection for Gray Balance Solid from GBK to GBS.
  • Changed the Profile Editor “Load From” menu order to better match other “Load From” menus.
  • Changed the Profile Editor UI to improve clarity and alignment with new Rule Editor.
  • Changed the Opacity measurement dialogs to match the new UI.
  • Fixed the Rule Editor’s Dynamic Target Adjustment defaults.
  • Fixed an issue with the Profile Editor that could allow it to save incomplete profiles.
  • Fixed an issue refreshing the Job Tree after replacing the Profile or Rules in a job.

QA Tools (New UI)

  • Changed the Standard Search dialog so it cannot be closed while the Standard Editor is open.
  • Changed the spacing in the Performance Report to prevent the right edge from being cut off when using A4 paper size.
  • Added alerts on Density calculations indicating the density is estimated when a Standard containing only L*a*b* data is in use..
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when first connecting to MS SQL Server caused by an incorrect duplicate column error.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when using MS SQL Server and importing a new Standard that already exists under a different name.

General

  • Added cache maintenance abilities to the PantoneLIVE menu.
  • Changed the ColorCert and PantoneLIVE expiration alerts to match the new UI.
  • Fixed an issue in Windows that prevented a Ci62 from being properly detected.


Changes/Fixes since 24.01:

Pressroom Tools (New UI)

  • Added ‘Act as’ option to License dialog for Manager licenses to emulate other license types. The License dialog can be accessed by selecting License in the Window menu.
  • Added hover-over scores to job tree.
  • Added icons and scores to job tree.
  • Moved substrate into a subitem in the job tree.
  • Added opacity as a subitem of substrate in the job tree so that the opacity score is shown separately.
  • Added mid-tone spread as a subitem of dot gain in the job tree so that the mid-tone spread score is shown separately.
  • Added score sub-categories for ‘critical colors’ and ‘build colors’ to the scorecard panels (accessed via an info icon where relevant).
  • Added a Best Match curve to the Lab Plot Widget.

QA Tools (New UI)

  • Added last-used customer and project options to dropdown menu.
  • Added CSV import options to the customer and project editors.
  • Added option to allow lab or spectral entries to be pasted into the manual entry dialog when creating a new standard. 

 Inkroom Tools

  • Fixed a bug when loading inks where the substrate information was not being imported.


Changes/Fixes Since 23.10:

Pressroom Tools (New UI)

  • Updated Rules Editor (previously was old UI only).
  • Added roll score to the roll selector dropdown.
  • Added Hot Folder functionality (previously was old UI only).
  • Fixed a possible crash when selecting Dot Gains in the Profile Editor.
  • Adjusted behavior so that inclusion of Overprints and Gray Balance is as defined by the Rules rather than the Profile.
  • Changed Color Classification labels to provide better clarity.
  • Changed job tree and scores so they are updated individually when measuring in manual patch by patch mode.
  • Added Job Quick Compare mode to allow unsaved roll measurements.

Pressroom Tools

  • Added Artwork Target to the file naming rules.
  • Changed submission to Scorecard Server to include Critical Color and NetProfiler compliance results.
  • Adjusted default behavior of “Add spotcolors separately” on a custom media strip.
  • Removed drop shadows from the Job Setup Wizard mediastrip.
  • Removed a problem which prevented the user from opening really old substrate-only profiles.
  • Fixed an issue that could block editing of Job Details.
  • Fixed a potential crash when trying to load jobs from a Repository server.
  • Fixed a problem which prevented the user from opening a ColorCert Application file after a previous attempt to save an Application file failed.

QA Tools

  • Adjusted column header spacing on Performance Report.
  • Adjusted label positions in Samples Widget.

General

  • Fixed to prevent crash when Windows redraws the UI and reports impossible window sizes.


Changes/Fixes Since 23.09:

  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Add Critical Color flag to Primaries in addition to Spot Colors.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Allow control over scoring behavior when a Critical Color measurement fails.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Allow additional control over scoring behavior when NetProfiler is unavailable or expired.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Allow Undertones to be selectively enabled or disabled based on Color Classification.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Add a Rule to link Job Details metadata to Repository Server.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Add ability to embed a Standard Operating Procedure PDF in CCJ and automatically display it when opening the Job.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Automatically close Naming Rule editor when closing a Job.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Allow Rules Editor to open Naming Rule editor instead of copying the configuration from Job Details.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issue preventing buttons from working when old UI is first loaded.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix Job Setup Wizard access to MIS database on macOS 13 and later.
  • QA Tools: Add Instrument, Filter Mode, Tolerance, and Tags to Database Summary Report.
  • QA Tools: Reduce delay in showing Select Standard menu when a Customer or Project with a large number of related standards is loaded.
  • QA Tools: InkRoom Report no longer rounds tolerance and delta values when using a comma decimal.
  • QA Tools: New installations will once again automatically create the default database.
  • QA Tools: New UI Fix averaging dialog to show the current measurement.
  • QA Tools: New UI Build Finder now sets the Illuminant and Observer based on the ICC or CGATS profile loaded.
  • QA Tools: New UI Build Finder fix issue causing delta value to only display the decimals.
  • Profile Editor: Improve help text in new UI.
  • General: Include additional data tags when importing from CxF.

Changes/Fixes Since 23.08:

  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Display Metamerism details in Numbers widget.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Show indicator for Lab only data.
  • Pressroom Tools: Improve Custom Mediastrip loading to match strip against different profiles.
  • Pressroom Tools: Changes to Scoring.
    • When using weighted scoring, a weight of 0 on any of the 3 visual assessment metrics is treated as ‘Excluded From Scoring’.
    • When using weighted scoring, the rule maintenance text changes from "Reduce Rate of Compliance" to "Adjust overall score by".
    • When using weighted scoring, apply overall score reduction if NetProfiler is not valid.
    • Add ‘Allow Color Exclusions’ option to Rules (Settings 2 - Scorecard).
    • Add ‘Exclude From Scoring ‘ to New UI Profile Editor Spot Colors when ‘Allow Color Exclusions’ is enabled.
    • Hide Spot Colors section on Scorecard if all spot colors are excluded from scoring.
  • Pressroom Tools: Enable exporting of sample patches to CxF from inside a CombiJob.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI would not show measured data in certain situations.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix Repo Status filter "All" to show All statuses.
  • Pressroom Tools: Visual Scoring would not always save the defects selections.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix Sample To Target to set correct dot gain methods for tints.
  • QA Tools: Improve database connection pooling.
  • QA Tools: Default Illumination and Observer to D50/Two Degree.
  • QA Tools: Add Pass/Fail mark back to Samples widget.
  • QA Tools: New UI Build Finder can create a new standard from build settings.
  • QA Tools: New UI Build Finder can export build settings to common file formats.
  • QA Tools: Fix issue with creating substrates when averaging is enabled.
  • QA Tools: Fix issue with MS SQL Server when updating PantoneLIVE colors.
  • QA Tools: Fix issue when editing PantoneLIVE colors and Auditing is enabled.
  • General: Include Device Illumination tag in CxF output.
  • General: Enhancements to PQX export.
  • General: Improve network detection to reduce issues if there is no internet connectivity.
  • General: Improve PantoneLIVE cache update process.
  • General: Update ColorCert language localization.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.4 b45:

  • Pressroom Tools: Improve CGATS output to better match ANSI CGATS.17-2005
  • Pressroom Tools: No longer include .cgats in a profile name loaded from CGATS.
  • Pressroom Tools: Indicate minimum patch size on strip length dialog.
  • Pressroom Tools: Prevent Quick Compare from prematurely loading Lab Plot graph.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI could show averaged colors darker than they should be.
  • QA Tools: Enable ability to import a substrate from file.
  • QA Tools: Return search text to AND logic instead of OR.
  • QA Tools: Refresh Defaults correctly after updating.
  • QA Tools: Stop Tag creation from reporting all tags already exist when using SQL Server.
  • QA Tools: Prevent a possible infinite loop when editing PLV standards.
  • QA Tools: Fix patch preview color in search after creating a new Standard.
  • QA Tools: Fix crash in Old UI Standard editor when adding Project or Customer.
  • QA Tools: Fix Platform Not Supported error in IFS widget.
  • General: Version numbers have been changed to Year.Month notation.
  • General: Improve Device Messages info window.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.3 b52:

  • Pressroom Tools: Add rule for minimum number of measurements before submitting to Scorecard Server.
  • Pressroom Tools: CombiJob now supports jobs with non-matching filter modes.
  • Pressroom Tools: PDF Reports now treat Visual Checkup and Barcode as separate items.
  • Pressroom Tools: Build Finder no longer locks Gray Balance Highlight, Midtone, Shadow to specific values.
  • Pressroom Tools: Normalize tints and whitepoint mapping.
  • Pressroom Tools: Match sample order to roll order in Quick Compare.
  • Pressroom Tools: Adjust UI to better support Windows Dark Theme in Numbers widget.
  • Pressroom Tools: Adjust UI labeling on Midtone Spread chart.
  • Pressroom Tools: Enable Load from PantoneLIVE, Build New Spot, Load Ink from ICC in Profile Editor.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix missing preview patch in Profile Editor when certain legacy profiles are loaded.
  • Pressroom Tools: Build Finder now supports profiles with removed primaries.
  • Pressroom Tools: Build Finder could crash if there were no spot colors.
  • Pressroom Tools: New UI Profile Editor could disable control panel.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix crash when starting Quick Compare while a tint is selected.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix crash when clicking Done in old UI Visual Checkup.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issue displaying certain job configurations when loaded from PQX.
  • Pressroom Tools: Measure Opacity task could get stuck in error state.
  • Pressroom Tools: Creating new job from File menu could crash when editing Rules.
  • Pressroom Tools: New Job window could prematurely close when editing Profile.
  • QA Tools: Changing ColorCert preferences no longer requires QA Tools to be closed and opened again.
  • QA Tools: Sync PantoneLIVE changes to QAT Database.
  • QA Tools: Quick Compare no longer forces Lock To Standard or Lock To Substrate.
  • QA Tools: Update naming of Trial to Sample in import menus.
  • QA Tools: Duplicate Standard error message no longer appears behind Editor.
  • QA Tools: Build Finder UI adjustments.
  • QA Tools: Fix UI refresh when adding notes/tags in Samples widget.
  • QA Tools: Fix issues with Create Standard from Sample.
  • QA Tools: Fix sample linking when Set Sample as Standard is used.
  • QA Tools: Fix Standard Editor Create/Update button in old UI.
  • QA Tools: Load Ink in Standard Editor after loading a spot would import previous spot.
  • QA Tools: Samples sort order was showing oldest samples instead of newest.
  • QA Tools: Ink room report correctly shows C,h values instead of L,C values.
  • QA Tools: Fix crash when generating Ink Room report.
  • General: Remove dependency on Microsoft C++ 2010 Runtime.
  • General: Improve performance when loading available items from Repo.
  • General: Updated Japanese localization.
  • General: CxF Export had M1 and M2 reversed.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.2b84:

  • Pressroom Tools: Some yellow tints could be set to substrate.
  • Pressroom Tools: eXact would stop entering spot mode if repeatedly toggled between scan and spot.
  • Pressroom Tools: Press Setup did not always list all the Primaries.
  • Pressroom Tools: Adjustments to Undertone calculations.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Added Load CombiJob menu options.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Quick Compare did not always load the job substrate.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Last used QA Tools Project could automatically show its notes when opening a job in Pressroom Tools.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Gloss and MBR values did not always show in Numbers widget.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Profile Editor Build Finder problems loading build settings if an ICC color was used twice.
  • QA Tools: Added column in Customer and Project editors to indicate related color is Standard or Substrate.
  • QA Tools: Standards with manually entered Lab values could calculate delta density as infinite.
  • QA Tools: Lab Plot graph auto zoom could set the wrong center point.
  • QA Tools: CxF could be formatted in a way IFS would not import.
  • Dot Gain Tools: Dot gain curve did not always display when using CGATS source data.
  • Inkroom Tools: Dot gain TVI values could incorrectly show as 0% or 50%.
  • PantoneLIVE: Tints were not loaded for all colors.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.1b24:

  • General: Install New UI fonts from installer instead of loading dynamically.
  • General: Update analytics to GA4
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Normalize Density calculation in widgets.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fix an issue with CombiJobs setting the correct strip mode.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Prevent popup menu separator line from being selected.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Add support to Numbers Widget for Gray Balance.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Adjust Numbers Widget for Undertones.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Add support for iQC metadata tags.
  • Pressroom Tools: Adjust menu options for Pressroom license.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issue with Rules Editor consuming too many user handles in Windows.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issue in Ink Creator where filter mode could change during averaging.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issue in Ink Creator exporting to CxF.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix issues with starting and stopping Quick Correct in Measure Tool.
  • QA Tools: Add ability to remove measured substrate.
  • QA Tools: Display all three tolerances in Samples and Samples with Deltas widgets.
  • QA Tools: Adjust UI of Samples with Deltas widget.
  • QA Tools: Improve database performance.
  • QA Tools: Add support for iQC metadata tags.
  • QA Tools: Fix issue with duplicate name warnings appearing behind editor window.
  • QA Tools: Last used Standard was not always reloaded on start.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.1b16:

  • Substrate Editor: Fix averaging in alternative M-Modes.
  • CxF: Export of certain assets resulted in missing spectral data.
  • Job Setup Wizard: Fix issue with saving jobs (CCJ) to Repository Server.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.2.0:

  • General: Added Collect Support Files feature to Help menu.
  • General: eXact 2 XP no longer incorrectly reports support for M3.
  • Pressroom Tools: Prioritize Spectral values over Lab when creating overprints and grey balance from CGATS.
  • Pressroom Tools: Block opening jobs in old UI that are using 3-part strips.
  • Pressroom Tools: eXact 2 XP can now take scan measurements.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix IOException #0 crash that could occur when uploading to Scorecard Server.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix crash when opening measured spot only jobs while certain graphs were displayed.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fix UI issue with strip type menu when selecting Set Length.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fix Set Length for 3-part strips.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fix rounding issue when setting strip length.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Change Ink by Ink mode behavior so spot colors are measured individually instead of as a single strip.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Single patch strips will now measure in spot mode instead of scan mode to make measuring easier with an eXact 2.
  • CombiJob: Validate required job meta data has not been removed before saving jobs.
  • CombiJob: Fix possible issue where saving the CombiJob can prompt you to save the individual jobs.
  • CombiJob: Fix possible crash when opening CombiJob containing jobs with audit logs enabled.
  • Mediastrip: Removed build marker from printed mediastrip.
  • CxF: ObjectType could be set wrong during export to CxF.
  • QA Tools: Better handle upgrading of databases that have M1 only measurements.
  • QA Tools: Newest trial is now selected when a measurement triggers a standard change.
  • QA Tools (New UI): Trend Widget no longer uses black text on black background in Windows.
  • Dot Gain Tools: Enable scanning mode for eXact 2.
  • Repository: Automatically refresh login if ColorCert has been running longer than the connection TTL.
  • Repository: Save Job to Repository works again.
  • PantoneLIVE: Adjust readability of Select Palette dialog.
  • PantoneLIVE: Better handle palette refreshes.

New Features/Improvements Since 5.1.1:

  • Profile Editor (New UI): Implement a completely new profile editor running under the new UI.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Add options to the tools menu for exporting targets and samples to CGATS and CxF3 format.
  • Mediastrip Editor (New UI): Add the mediastrip editor onto the job overview screen. Make the menu options consistent.
  • QA Tools (New UI): Add build finder widget.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.1.1:

  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fixed updating of mediastrip when switching jobs in combijob or multjob mode.
  • _Fixed the display of scores when undertones scoring marked as ‘scoring not required’_
  • Job Setup Wizard: Ensure that the job naming is applied from the rules.
  • _Reduce the number of times that the PantoneLIVE server is access to check whether a color can be used_

New Features/Improvements Since 5.1.0:

  • QA Tools: Measure substrate detects if the device disconnects.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fixed crash importing job meta data to job details.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Job naming rules are correctly obeyed.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Opening a job without closing the previous job no longer leaves UI artifacts from the previous job.
  • Pressroom Tools: Improved handling of CGATS data with ink channels specified more than once.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fixed a bug loading spot colors from Repository.
  • Inkroom Tools: Changing colors resets deltaE value on screen.
  • Inkroom Tools: Target only report no longer shows deltaE values.
  • Inkroom Tools: Added Dot Gain Density method selector.
  • General (New UI): Screen redraw improvements.
  • General: Performance improvements when using eXact 2 devices.
  • General: eXact spot only model enters tether mode correctly.

New Features/Improvements Since 5.0.1:

  • QA Tools: Allow standards to be saved to a ColorCert repository server.
  • QA Tools (New UI): Allow standards to be imported from ColorCert job, application, and profile files.
  • QA Tools (New UI): Allow ColorCert job file to be opened as a project.
  • QA Tools: Exporting to MIF no longer prompts to save twice with saving multimode standards.
  • Pressroom Tools: (New UI): Added ability to send the current job to QA Tools Quick Compare.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fix scoring when tolerances set up ‘For Selected Spots only’ in the rules, but no spots are marked as ‘selected’ in the profile.
  • General (New UI): Add options to remove recent items from recent item lists and allow the ‘reveal’ option for all recent item lists (previously only available on the recent jobs list).
  • General: PantoneLIVE is now always enabled. If you do not have an account, it will use the default built-in account with limited access to PantoneLIVE.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.0.1:

  • QA Tools: Importing a standard from CxF now keeps the illuminant and observer specified in the CxF.
  • QA Tools (New UI): Now obeys ‘Lock to this standard’.
  • QA Tools: Apply customer search jobs correctly.
  • QA Tools: Prevent system tags from being copied to new measured samples.
  • QA Tools: Adjusted Samples widget to show more samples in the list.
  • Inkroom Tools: Exporting to IFS now uses the correct folder.
  • Pressroom Tools: Allow PantoneLIVE preference for Job Setup Wizard no longer resets to disabled on each launch.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fixed a crash when removing colors from a profile.
  • Pressroom Tools (New UI): Fixed a crash when adding colors to a profile category that has no tolerance rules.
  • General: Fixed Best Match widget so that chosen correlation mode is saved correctly under Windows.
  • General (New UI): Improve the rendering of Checkboxes so their state is more obvious and so they are easily distinguished from radio buttons.
  • General: Improve CGATS parser so that channel names are read correctly from files output from some 3rd party applications.
  • General: PantoneLIVE no longer gets disabled if you run an older version of ColorCert.

New Features/Improvements Since 5.0.0:

  • Pressroom Tools (new UI): Job now opens to scorecard page if measurements present or to the job details metadata page if there are no measurements.
  • General (new UI): Enhanced the status screen shown on startup (or on clicking ‘i’ button) to show lots more information about the status of ColorCert.

Changes/Fixes Since 5.0.0:

  • Profile Editor (new UI): Added option to load from substrate, inks, and spot colors from the QAT database.
  • General: Improved the sequence of Repository and PantoneLIVE menu options.
  • Pressroom Tools (new UI): Removed the ‘Make-Ready Mode started’ popup which used to appear every time Make-Ready Mode was started. This only happens in the old UI as is difficult to see which mode you are in. In the new UI, the Make-Ready text blocks on the left of the screen while in Make-ready mode.
  • Pressroom Tools: Fixed the operation of legacy mode visual checkup screen.
  • Pressroom Tools: Removed the ‘Symbols’ display.
  • General: If the ‘Display Layout’ permission is disabled (in QAT), widgets now show the widget names (previously they were hidden).
  • General: Standardized UI captions.
  • Job Setup Wizard: Added ‘Database’ to the list of Job Setup Wizard resources in preferences. Switch the options on/off accordingly in the job setup wizard dialogs.
  • QA Tools: Quick compare more permission now works correctly.
  • General: Fixed density widget so that in absolute mode, a substrate is not required.
  • General: Fixed an issue caused by toggling an instrument connection between applications. The instrument is now correctly disconnected when switching from ColorCert and then is correctly reset on reconnecting to ColorCert.
  • General: eXact 2 Wifi connections now allow special characters in the Wifi name.

New Features/Improvements/Changes/Fixes in 4.x:

  • For more information on updates within the v4.x series, please download and review Release Notes included with the latest 4.x release…

Known Issues:

  • Mediastrip PDFs with a combined total of more than 15 inks and/or spot colors appear to contain only black patches in the OSX PDF viewer. This is a bug with the OSX preview tool. The PDF is actually correct.
  • Ci6x Bluetooth connections are not supported on macOS.
  • eXact Bluetooth connections should be limited to the eXact if the scanning function is being used to avoid possible interference from other Bluetooth devices.