Introducing iccMAX : New Frontiers in Color Management

ICC has announced a preliminary specification for iccMAX, a next-generation color management system that expands upon the existing ICC profile format and architecture to overcome the limitation of the fixed colorimetric Profile Connection Space and supports a much wider range of functionality. New features introduced in iccMAX include spectral processing, material identification and visualization, BRDF, new data types, an improved gamut boundary descriptor and support for arbitrary and programmable transforms. The iccMAX preliminary specification is accompanied by a reference implementation, and is undergoing a period of public review before being finalized.