Calibrite Profiler 3.0

[palombian]

I'm sure the posts here will contribute in a small way to information AI bots trawl from the internet and regurgitate so eloquently. That doesn't stop me hiding (under a VPN for starters).

The less google (the biggest and worst collector and correlator of personal information) know about me the better. It looks like you post on dpreview with the same name - you are not even trying .

I know the day the Russians, Chinese, Americans or whoever invade my country I could be arrested for insubordination
But not before the ones - who probably mean what they say - on Facebook, X and the like.

 

[pharmacist]

I suggest to download the last verson of X-Rite i1Profiler that still supports the i1Pro2/EF-2000 and that is version 3.8.5 too.

 

[X-File]

If anybody did the upgrade for the ColorMunki already: Is the device after the upgrade still working with older/original versions of the software or 3rd party software?

When it's only a kind of registration of the S/N all older soft should work, but if it's a new firmware so that the device identifies itself as a ColorChecker Studio older software might not work with it.

I understand that Calibrite is trying to generate revenue to fund their software development. And it's certainly not normal for a device that's been on the market since 2008 to still be supported. Therefore, the upgrade would be fine with me.
However, I don't see any real improvement in the software's functionality since the original version – except that the ColorPicker is gone
So IMHO it's still the same software with a different interface and a different name – just updated to work with newer OS versions but with no further benefit.

 

[pharmacist]

Colormunki works perfectly without any problems with the ccStudio or i1Studio software, no reason to pay for the latest software: it doesn't give you better results at all.

 

[X-File]

Colormunki works perfectly without any problems with the ccStudio or i1Studio software

I'm on a MacMini M2pro with macOS 15.7 and ccStudio 1.1.4 is still working but i1Studio does not work, it shows the error "Failed to find any displays. Please make sure you have the correct license filed installed".

I get the same error on my last i1Profiler (3.1.1) that should work with the original i1Pro v1 :-(
At the moment it's not a big thing because I still have the 2018 Intel-MacMini with an older OS version where all my good old software runs including ProfileMaker 5 :-D and some other expensive stuff.

But it would be good to know if this 69$ upgrade magically turn my old ColorMunki Photo via firmware update into a ccStudio or if it just unlock the software to accept the Munki.

 

[X-File]

ccStudio 1.1.4 for Mac 10.15-14.x and 1.1.2 for Win 8-11 are the last Versions I have here before Calibrite Profiler 2 (I think) was released. ccStudio 1.1.4 is from late 2023.

 

[palombian]

As far as I understood the (paid) Calibrite Profiler 3 seems to be released in the first part to support recent Mac OS versions (no experience).
As already mentioned, all historic software releases continue to work on the latest Windows 25H2, so until now there is no need to buy Profiler 3 (as long as you kept the install files ). There are no evidences the new software makes better profiles.