ICM 2.0 Features

After meetings with multiple industry leaders in the color field, Microsoft has designed ICM 2.0. The new API is a superset of the ICM 1.0 API that adds a new range of capabilities:

• ICM 1.0 compatible
• ICC compliant
• Scalable: Simple functions for applications such as Microsoft Office, complete control for applications such as Adobe® PhotoShop®
• Same APIs for Windows 95 and Windows NT® operating systems
• Support for profile management at API and UI level
• Bitmap v5 header support
• Standard color space support: sRGB
• Broader color space support: RGB, CMYK, LAB, and others
• Broader support for bitmap formats
• Improved palette handling
• Device driver participation on the Windows 95 and Windows NT® operating systems
• Support for multiple Color Management Modules (CMM)
• Faster default CMM that supports all ICC-compliant profiles
• Easier installation of profiles

This new version of ICM will be integrated in future releases of Windows 95 and Windows NT.