What is ColorCompare by Profilocolore?

ColorCompare is software dedicated to the virtual restoration of digital images, designed for those who work with photographs of works of art, historical documents, and cultural heritage materials. The software uses colorimetric and spectral data to simulate restoration work in a non-invasive and completely reversible way, directly on digital images.

What is the purpose of virtual restoration of digital images?

Virtual restoration of digital images allows restoration hypotheses to be tested and "before and after" scenarios to be visualized without touching the original work. This helps restorers, art historians, and technicians to assess the impact of cleaning, color restoration, or lighting changes, supporting decisions with objective and documentable simulations.

In which areas can ColorCompare be used?

ColorCompare can be used in various fields related to cultural heritage and professional imaging, for example in restoration laboratories, museums, photographic archives, and research centers involved in advanced digitization. It is useful whenever you need to compare different versions of the same image, evaluate color variations over time, or clearly document the stages of an intervention.

What is the relationship between ColorCompare and Profilocolore spectral imaging systems?

ColorCompare integrates with Profilocolore spectral imaging systems, which provide colorimetrically and spectrally calibrated images. Working with high-quality technical data, the software can perform more reliable comparisons between different versions of the same image and support more accurate virtual restorations than those based on uncalibrated photographs.

How does ColorCompare support training in the field of restoration?

ColorCompare is also suitable for training purposes, as it allows students and professionals undergoing refresher courses to practice virtual restoration using high-quality digital images. It is possible to simulate interventions, compare different solutions, and discuss the results in a shared manner, without risk to the original works and with the possibility of repeating the process as many times as necessary.

ColorCompare

Comparative colorimetric analysis between images

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ColorCompare is a practical and fast tool for measuring colorimetric differences between different areas of the same image or between the same area of a subject captured in different conditions or at different times.

Analysis

È uno strumento complementare a VisiPick (che produce immagini calibrate con precisione ∆E2000 <2) ed è indicato per valutare immagini con elevata precisione colorimetrica. ColorCompare può svolgere anche le funzioni di una cabina di luce (virtuale), con una precisione molto più elevata ed obiettiva, ed indipendente dalle condizioni di osservazione.

The system allows you to select multiple pairs of zones and automatically generates a .csv file containing the measured data for each pair. The difference measurement is given in ∆E2000, starting from the image LAVs.