CVA, the Calculator of Vision of Anything, can predict what any light source or any colored surface under any kind of illumination would look like to any person or animal.

Also does all optical films and CCDs.

This is one of several new software applications available at www.eknent.com/software .

CVA is a very feature-rich software application. Its function is to process light spectra - from 280 to 880 nanometers - and display the resulting colors the way various vision systems see them. Even processes entire photographs through its companion application, MIF Editor, using CVA's Multiband Image Format, which allows images to contain up to 256 wavelength bands - from the soft X-ray region to the thermal infrared.

With CVA, you can see any habitat through the eyes of its indigenous fauna. You can look around your laboratory through the eyes of your animals. You can see through the eyes of a color-deficient or tetrachromatic person. You can even enter results of your research before your paper is even published. The applications are endless!

Here is a demonstration of CVA's "scene-viewing" functionality. We photographed a lake scene with a CCD and some inexpensive filters, taking five bands at 760, 620, 543, 460, and 360 nm. Here it is through the eyes of some of the animals that inhabit the area:

CVA will even show you the exact color of any point on the image. Simply slide your mouse pointer over it, and a number coordinate for each opponent process will indicate the subject's perception of that point on the image. CVA actually calculates the colors and images per receptor cell, extrapolating each retina cell's individual response to a color or scene. This is so that spectrally distinct dichromats, such as cats, dogs, horses, and white-tailed deer, can be compared. CVA simulates each unique vision system as accurately as possible.

MIF Editor is great for a lot of applications. Its 256-band capability ensures that it can handle anything you can photograph. Its theoretical limit of resolution is 32,767 by 32,767 - well beyond the resolution of any commercially available camera - and it can handle any wavelength from 1 to 32,767 nanometers. Here is an example of what MIF Edtor can do:

MIF Editor is also part of CVA; it does the first part of the scene-viewing functionality. You can use any MIF image (provided it has visible wavelength bands).

You can download free evaluation versions of these and other programs at www.eknent.com/software/download.htm .

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