Re: "BLEU"... the ColorSync Blues...
Re: "BLEU"... the ColorSync Blues...
- Subject: Re: "BLEU"... the ColorSync Blues...
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:36:25 EDT
In a message dated 6/4/01 10:31:19 AM, email@hidden writes:
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Nikon LS 30 and Silverfast on a PowerMac,
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OS8.6 and on Imac, OS 9.1, printer Epson 1270.
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My first silly question :
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When I scan, I set Silverfast to embed my printer profile in the image.
Wrong choice, you should not be converting to printer space, only to
reconvert to a workingspace; set SilverFast to convert from your scanner
profile to AdobeRGB. The printer comes later...
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Now when it opens in Photoshop 5.5 or 6, photoshop converts it to
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adobe98RGB(My choice).
This is a good choice, as long as you don't run it through the printer space
first...
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Why and what happens to the printer profile when I save the image after
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corrections. Is it still embedded?
No, and it shouldn't be; you are in AdobeRGB now...
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Maybe I should get directions to some good websites for first approach...
The user guide for ProfilerRGB at www.colorcal.com would be one source for
this type of basic info...
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I tried on my own and this seems more like a detective's job, I get tiny
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bits of information here and there and no real overview of how the damn
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thing works !!!
Agreed, see if the manual mentioned above pulls any of it together...
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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