Pictographics iCorrect is an ICC-compatible plug-in that can be used to set black point, white point, brightness and contrast. It also uses memory colours such as neutrals, skin tones and foliage to ensure colours the human eye is most sensitive to errors in are correct.

It is available in two versions, Professional and EditLab. Both allow the editing of memory colours and offer batch processing from within Photoshop. EditLab, which costs 74, allows users to add their own memory colours.

Corrections applied to one image can be saved as an ICC profile for applying elsewhere. It is available in the UK from TypeMaker.

TypeMaker is also selling Pictographics inCamera, for creating ICC profiles of digital cameras.

The firm has signed a deal with GretagMacbeth, which will see it switch from ColorBlind to ProfileMaker as its high-end colour management software.

We recognise that GretagMacbeth is the leader in high-end colour management, said managing director Geoffrey Clements. Our products based around ColorBlind arent keeping pace, although we will continue to support them.

TypeMaker has over 200 ColorBlind users in the UK, and the lack of an OS X version of the software has held them back.

As well as GretagMacbeth software, TypeMaker will also sell its spectrophotometers. Among these is the 2,995 iCColour, which has the simple operation of an X-Rite DTP 41 but can read a block of patches rather than a single strip.

Story by Barney Cox