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Re: Newbie question: Colormatching function
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Re: Newbie question: Colormatching function

> I'm currently building some small apps with applescript studio, simply
> because C and/or C++ are more or less complete hocus pocus to me.
> With Applescript I can do a lot of great ColorSync stuff and I even
> managed to link GretagMacbeth's EyeOne SDK to Applescript via call
> methods. So, at this moment I can do most of my 'programming' with
> Applescript (Studio), but I like to add a ColorSync function which is
> not available when using ColorSync Scripting.
>
> Colorsync scripting can only do matching functions on images, not on
> real color numbers (RGB, CMYK, etc).
>
> My specific quest (and it's a big one due to my lack of programming
> knowledge) is to add a Colorsync function which 'simply' transforms a
> given color (eg. CMYK {100,0,0,0}) to it's CIE-Lab coordinate using
> Absolute Colorimetric rendering and of course a CMYK source profile.
>
> At first I started to buy all kinds of books on C/C++ programming,
> search and read all kinds of stuff on the web and of course did not
> succeed with this.
>
> Is there anyone who has some sample code which can do this
> colormatching function to help me on the way?
>
> thanks in Advance,
>
> Erik Koldenhof

Funny you mention the same limitation I encountered. There is no way to
'call' the ColorSync manager for a single pixel? I'd wish Apple would put
this in. Otherwise, like you say, one has to program in C or Objective-C and
become familiar with the API calling convention, how to pass arguments,
declare them, allocate memory for them, dump them, etc. There must be a
better way you'd say?

Thank's Graeme for the link to icclu. I didn't know you had it in an OSX
compiled version, that will get me going!

Regards,

Roger Breton
Laval, Canada
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