Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (custom working space profiles)
Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (custom working space profiles)
- Subject: Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (custom working space profiles)
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 18:47:28 +0200
on 8/07/01 18:21, Terry Wyse at email@hidden wrote:
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So, previously I threw out some ideas about converting from ScannerRGB to
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WorkingSpaceRGB with the main question(s) being: 1) do I convert to a
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print-friendly space from the scanner, resulting in either gamut compression
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or gamut clipping but allowing an "easier" (dare I say using a single
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"default" rendering intent?) RGB to CMYK conversion OR 2) convert from
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scanner to a "scanner-friendly" WS where NO compression and clipping occur
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and make a more "intelligent" (read: trial and error!) approach converting
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RGB to CMYK and choosing image-specific rendering intents?
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Let's assume that option 2 is the "correct" approach. Now on to choosing a
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"scanner-friendly" working space. My options are as I see it:
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1) Try every known working space that's out there and try to find a nice
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"fit" to my scanner(s). I shall dub this the Goldilocks and Three Bears
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approach ("This space is too big! This one's too small! Oh, this one's JUST
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RIGHT!") ;-) Trouble is, what if all the spaces I have to choose from are
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deficient in one area or another?
Before Steve Upton's Colorthink many a discovery were made doing just this.
For seeing into which gamut does what and a super ProfileFirstAid get
yourself a copy for amusing serious color geeking!
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape