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Eizo Enhances Calibration Package, Ships Coloredge Monitors
11 August 2015
Eizo has announced its new ColorEdge CS270/CS240 Professional Photo Kit, an all-in-one, color management display solution package to provide accurate and consistent color throughout an RGB workflow. The package includes a 20 percent discount on a one-year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Program.
Both a hardware and software product, each package includes:
- Eizo Coloredge CS270/240 Monitor, a wide color gamut display featuring 99 percent coverage of Adobe RGB. The CS270 is a 27-inch 2560x1440-pixel monitor while the CS240 is a 24.1-inch, 1920x1200-pixel monitor.
- Eizo EX2 Sensor, a color calibration photometer
- Eizo ColorNavigator 6, hardware calibration software for both windows and mac os platforms
- Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan, one-year 20 percent off membership offer (coupon card in the box), valid through Dec. 31.
"This bundled package provides all the tools needed to start getting accurate color today," Burke explained. "Together with Eizo ColorNavigatorTM 6 software, a very accurate ICC profile is automatically configured in the OS Color Management System just after monitor calibration on either Windows or Apple OS platforms. This is essential for users who use imaging application software such as Adobe PhotoShop."
The kit will begin shipping Aug. 24. The CS270 version is $1,214 while the CS240 version is $964. For more information see the first news release below.
CG-248-4K SHIPPING
In a separate announcement the company said it had begun shipping the ColorEdge CG318-4K and the ColorEdge CG248-4K in North America.
For more information see the second news release below.
Eizo USA Enhances All-in-One Professional Color Calibration Display Solution for Photographers and Graphics Professionals
CYPRESS, Calif. -- Eizo USA today announces the new ColorEdge CS270/CS240 Professional Photo Kit -- an all-in-one, color management display solution package for photo professionals, designers and creators who need accurate and consistent color throughout their RGB workflow.
Each ColorEdgeProfessional Photo Kit includes all the essential hardware and software, aimed at removing common roadblocks when users try to obtain accurate, reliable and consistent color on their monitors.
Package Includes:
- Eizo ColorEdge CS270/240: Wide Color Gamut Display with Adobe RGB 99 percent coverage
- Eizo EX2 Sensor: Color Calibration Photometer
- Eizo ColorNavigator 6: hardware calibration software that supports both Windows and Mac OS platforms
- Adobe Creative Cloud Photography: one-year 20 percent OFF membership offer (coupon card in the box)
For most photo professionals, designers and creators, understanding color management, calibration, profiling and a properly configured ICC profile are quite technically challenging tasks. The Professional Photo Kit is designed to simplify those challenges and aid in a more accurate calibration and monitor profiling system with simple and intuitive operation, freeing up time for creativity.
"Calibrating ColorEdge monitors is a very simple process and most of my customers finish in less than 10 minutes," said Kevin Burke, Eizo USA Color Graphics Specialist.
Eizo teamed up with Adobe to make this complete package that enhances extremely simple but accurate RGB color workflow. In partnership with Adobe, this ColorEdge CS270/CS240 Professional Photo Kit comes with a special 20 percent discount offer off the industry-leading Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan (Limited to U.S. only. Offer valid until Dec. 31).
"This bundled package provides all the tools needed to start getting accurate color today," Burke explained. "Together with Eizo ColorNavigatorTM 6 software, a very accurate ICC profile is automatically configured in the OS Color Management System just after monitor calibration on either Windows or Apple OS platforms. This is essential for users who use imaging application software such as Adobe PhotoShop."
Eizo USA will launch the Professional Photo Kit through authorized resellers and will begin shipping on Aug 24.
Eizo USA Announces ColorEdge CG318-4K and CG248-4K Monitors are Now Shipping in North America
CYPRESS, Calif. -- Eizo USA today announces that the ColorEdge CG318-4K and the ColorEdge CG248-4K, are now shipping in Northern America.
The ColorEdge CG318-4K, a 31-inch monitor with DCI-4K, a 4096x2160 native resolution, is designed for media and entertainment, cinema and broadcasting, 2D and 3D computer-generated imagery, visual effects, compositing and color grading. The monitor received the NewBay Media Best of Show Award, presented at the The National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas by Digital Video Magazine.
The ColorEdge CG248-4K, a 23.8-inch monitor with an ultra-high-definition 4K, a 3840x2160 native resolution, features high-density 185 pixels per inch, making this product the ideal choice for high-resolution photography or as a reference monitor for 4K video creation.
Both the ColorEdge CG318-4K and the CG248-4K come with a built-in calibration sensor to enable scheduled self-calibration for hassle-free, fully automated color management.