Re:A mongrel environment...
Re:A mongrel environment...
- Subject: Re:A mongrel environment...
- From: Thomas Holm / Pixl ApS <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:06:14 -0800
Scott Kilbourne wrote:
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My questions: (-FINALLY!)
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1.) Where does the profile finally get applied to the output file to color
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correct the image?
In Photoshop's print dialogue or PageMaker, while printing.
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2.) We intend to buy a DTP41 scanning sp. for print output. Will this
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properly read our halftoned color output from the Docucolor, etc? Is the UV
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filter a no brainer or is there a downside?
Depending on paper. If you use the nice glossy stuff Xerox makes it'll be
fine. If you go for paper with large amounts of optical brightener, the UV
would be nice.
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3.) We have a Colortron II spectrophotometer ($1,000). Xrite says that the
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$500 DTP 92 colorimeter does a better job of monitor calibration. This
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doesn't
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seem right. Comments?
The DTP92 is superior all right.
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4.) Given all the above, does anyone have any suggestions for profiling and
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editing SW?
Kodak ColorFlow or Gretag ProfileMaker are good candidates.
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5.) What color space should we work in for PhotoShop and archive in? I
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assume
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it will be a variant of RGB, but which?
Adobe RGB or alternatively ColorMatch RGB would be my suggestions.
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6.) I can't quite get my mind around emulating output devices on a monitor
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and
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then embedding an output profile. If the profile will "corect" the output
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device
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to produce "accurate" color, why does the monitor image need to emulate
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anything? For gamut purposes and to demonstrate rendering intent?
Because the monitor is a different device with a different gamut than the
printer(s) gamut.
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7.) Obviously the PC's won't run Colorsync. Any impressions of how well
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color
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management works in a 2000 OS?
Works pretty good, although slightly more kludgy than on a Mac (pardon the
somewhat biased opinion).
Best
Thomas Holm / Pixl ApS
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