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Re: Why color management drives average users nuts



Mark Rice wrote:
I think the following exchange explains why many users are unhappy with the
state of color management, and flee toward solutions like GMG:

No, Bill, not according to what I have. I'm looking at the reference file named "ECI2002R CMYK.txt" that came with ProfileMaker 5.0.5b: position 2S16 does carry a C100, M0, Y0, K0 value, and so does the patch in the same position in its corresponding testchart file, named

"ECI2002R CMYK.tif".

Interestingly, I solved that particular problem in my CMS by never separating the device values from the instrument readings. This was mostly to allow for custom generated charts, but also to avoid these sorts of problems. I think Gretag has migrated to a file format that does a similar thing, but there is still a problem when dealing with standardized charts such as ECI2002 that is difficult to avoid. The best that can be done is to have the reading program have an expectation of what the readings should be, and warn the user if there is a gross mismatch (that's what I've done for the DTP52, DT41 etc., to protect against strips getting mixed up), or even search for, and suggest a better matching reference file under such conditions (ie., if it's an ECI2002, compare against random and non-random layouts).

Graeme Gill.
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