EIZO ColorNavigator 7 vs X-Rite i1Profiler

EIZO ColorNavigator 7 calibrates EIZO ColorEdge monitors and manages their quality control. EIZO positions it for creative work in photography, design, print, and video. Users can set multiple color modes from target values and the monitor’s on-screen menu, calibrate Standard Mode color modes together, and schedule recalibration even while the monitor is switched off. Calibration information is saved on the monitor, allowing users to move between PCs without recalibrating. Print-proofing targets support adjustments to hue and saturation across six primary and secondary colors, as well as grayscale balance. On supported CG Series monitors, the software can create film-emulation data from a video workflow’s 3D LUT; CG2730 and CG2420 are excluded. Built-in ColorEdge CG sensors can be correlated with high-end spectrophotometers. Its API allows third-party applications to change modes, create calibration targets, control SelfCalibration, and retrieve results; it requires version 7.1.12 or later. The free download is for compatible EIZO ColorEdge monitors. Supported systems are macOS 11–14, Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or 8 64-bit; ARM-based Windows is unsupported.

X-Rite i1Profiler creates monitor and printer profiles for creative color control on Windows and macOS. Display profiling can use a basic wizard-driven mode or an advanced user-defined mode. Monitor controls include adjustable or unlimited gamma, white point, and luminance settings, gray-balance optimization, reference profiles for workgroup matching, chromatic adaptation for visual matching, multi-display matching, and display-quality assurance workflows. Printer profiling provides high-patch-count charts, linearization, flash and ambient-light measurements, and Optical Brightener Compensation for papers with optical brighteners. Advanced profile editing includes black-separation controls and white-point editing. The software supports ICC profile export, LUT calibration, and multi-monitor calibration. PANTONE Color Manager libraries or palettes can support printer-profile spot-color optimization. Requirements include 4 GB RAM, 2 GB disk space, a powered USB port, and high-speed internet for installation, downloads, and updates. A measurement instrument or dongle is required, with a license stored on an i1Pro 2 device or HASP4 dongle. Pricing is on request.