Beyond RGB is a free, opensource, software application providing colorimetric and spectral processing of a 6-channel spectral image. The software has an input of two sets of RAW RGB images, one set for each of two different lighting conditions. These sets include a dark current, flatfield, target, and item. The outputs are an RGB image that is color calibrated with data on the accuracy of the calibration and user-selected spectral reflectance estimations of regions of interest. The improvements created for this version of the software include an updated user interface, auto-sorting of files, improved color difference calculation and visualization, a userfriendly website, and the inclusion of various RAW file types.
This paper presents an abbreviated summary of previous work using a distributed emulation network (EaaSI) to allow for the analysis of computer assisted design (CAD) tools including multiple versions of the popular AutoCAD system. It elaborates on the use of EaaSI in a graduate seminar on the history of computational design, presenting a design pedagogy use case for archived software objects and showing how their remediation through emulation can lead to new historical and design insights into contemporary software. It includes further clarification on the relevance of emulation to the archival community and highlights extended use cases not found in the original publication.