Colorsync - useless because reflective values?
Colorsync - useless because reflective values?
- Subject: Colorsync - useless because reflective values?
- From: neilB <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 16:42:40 +0000
Guys
These comments were made by a US based colleague of mine after he
discussed some profiled workflow shortcomings with his scanner
manufacturers.
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"First off, if you use the software properly, no ICC profile will
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benefit a user. Nothing beats a qualified operator! He proved
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this to me.
[He being the SW guy]
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It's way too hard to explain in email, but as many people have
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pointed out in the past..a scanning profile is not that effective.
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If you know what you want to accomplish and know how to use the
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software, then you can accomplish more with your eyes and a
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calibrated monitor vs. a profile and a workspace.
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The benefits of profiles are for printing, and monitors - if you
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share files with other people, this way you both, in theory, can
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see what the other one sees. So I am back on track with this
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concept.
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BTW, were you aware that this scanner application is the only
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software that does not use Colorsync? It has its own color engine!
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The reason is a good one, Colorsync's look up tables were designed
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based on reflective values not transmissive. So for what we do
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[Photography/scanning chromes and neg's] Colorsync is not that
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useful vs. other tools...
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Had I known this before, I would have never ever bought an Apple,
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that was a major mistake I thoroughly regret!
Now my opinion is that there is some pulling wool over eyes going
on here. I wasn't able to comment on the "Colorsync's look up
tables were designed based on reflective values not
transmissive." statement but it sounds ridiculous to me, surely
numbers are numbers?
Can anyone help me help this guy please??
Neil Barstow
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