- Imatest
Imatest LLC is the company that produces the Imatest image quality testing software. It is run by
photographer /engineer Norman Koren.Imatest attempts to adjust images with different amounts of sharpening to a "standard" amount of sharpening, and to compare resolution in of those adjusted images. [cite journal | title = The Imatest program: comparing cameras with different amounts of sharpening | author = Norman Koren | journal = Digital Photography II, Proc. of SPIE-IS&T Electronic Imaging | editor = Nitin Sampat, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Russel A. Martin | year = 2006 | volume = 6069] Imatest also tests
color accuracy, tone-scale linearity,image distortion , light falloff, and printinggamut . Imatest software is used and referenced in research, art, and industry. [cite journal | title = Elimination of Color Fringes in Digital Photographs Caused by Lateral Chromatic Aberration | author = V. Kaufmann and R. Ladstädter | journal = XXth International CIPA Symposium | year = 2005] [cite journal | title = PhETA: An Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Quality of Digital Photographs from Edge Transitions | author = Anthony James Allowatt | journal = Master's thesis: Virginia Polytechnic Institute | year = 2005] [cite book | title = Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers | author = Uwe Steinmueller and Juergen Gulbins | year = 2006 | publisher = Rocky Nook | isbn = 1933952008]References
External links
* [http://www.imatest.com/ Imatest LLC] official site
* [http://www.normankoren.com/ Norman Koren Photography] official site
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