Re: mid range color management compared to Hi-End
Re: mid range color management compared to Hi-End
- Subject: Re: mid range color management compared to Hi-End
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 09:01:40 +0100
on 4/01/2001 7:21, Steven Kornreich at email@hidden wrote:
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I currently run a mish mash of different software to come up with printer,
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scanner, monitor and Digicam Profiles.
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PrintOpen, ScanOpen, Profile Maker for DigiCam and Optical for Monitor. I
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also have a X-Rite DTP-41.
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I do fine art reproduction and print to Epson 9000's and a Roland Hi-Fi Jet.
Seems like you've already got good material to profile what you have. Some
believe that the Roland works so well with it's own media and profiles that
it's not worth dinkering with. The Epson 9000 is easily profilable with PO.
Possibly you would see differences with hand measured IT8s for scanner
profiles.
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Out of the box what I get a better result using let's say colorblind Pro
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with a Spectrolino? Or will I still have to do some tweaks to get the
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profiles where I need them to be.
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I am happy with my color right now but I am not sure on weather or not the
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extra investment would make a difference. I realize there is no such thing
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as a 100 % match to original in my business, but using the state of the art
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Color Management software / hardware, how close should I be able to get?
As the technology moves on more and more concentration has been put into the
perceptual mapping algorithms. Each profiling app is very different in these
aspects. Thus each profile will have have it's own 'feel'. The best way to
evaluate profiles is by running real images through them and there is your
proof of validity. In some cases you might visually tweak your profiles but
this should be done on site. So the best profiles are going to be made
carefully from your workflow as you do it and tweaked if necessary on site.
How close is subjective to how your eyes see. I can scan , see the image
restored on the screen and print an example within the limits of each
device/support perfectly and repeatable results from similar equipment to
yours. One step further is printing via a RIP such as BestColor and you can
proof presses with your printers.
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Also can someone recommend a hi-end profile shop that I can compare profiles
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made by them to my profiles?
See above; as in any case there will be a different flavour in the soup, but
not subjectively better or worse.
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