Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (rendering intents)
Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (rendering intents)
- Subject: Re: ScannerRGB to WorkingSpaceRGB (rendering intents)
- From: Randy Wright <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
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>>And: Is there any knowledge/experience around in
the industry like
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"Profiles from vendor A exaggerate a certain aspect,
discard info
about
>
yet another aspect and calculate all dark colors in
this special way",
or
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maybe insights like "Profiles from vendor B are very
strong when it
comes
>
to outdoor photos but they don't handle still lives
or textiles very
>
well" etc., so that one could at least have some clue
in what way
>
profiles from different vendors differ. Also - maybe
this is simply
>
crazy, but asking such questions helps me clarify
things for myself -
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wouldn't it be possible to create converters that
convert a profile
from
>
vendor 'A' to a profile from vendor 'B'?
This implies a rating system, which would be
interesting in vicious
sort of way, though hardly constructive. Who would you
believe?
Opinion or science?
Boards like this one are quick to trash garbage
applications and
those which have survived and continue to do so know
the necessity of
good science to maintain survival and market
advantage. And while
human color perception differs, which is confusing to
say the least,
with the right tools (Colorthink is a interesting one)
and a little
benchmark testing it is pretty easy to determine what
works and
doesn't work for each individual workplace or
workflow.<<
As one who is trying to decide which profiling
application, I think some sort of comparison system is
desparately needed. There is nothing that explains the
strengths and weaknesses of the various packages
relative to each other. If someone is aware of a
source for this information, I would appreciate
hearing about it. The available methods for making a
decision seem to be:
Toss a coin.
Assume they are all the same thing in different
wrappers and buy the cheapest.
Hire a consultant (or two, or more..) and take
whatever they recommend on blind faith.
Buy them all and figure it out for yourself.
Considering the investment of both time and money and
the impact in a production environment, none of these
choices seem particularly intelligent.
Randy Wright
Color Services
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