Profiling software
Profiling software
- Subject: Profiling software
- From: Peter Calvin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:40:14 -0500
I queried this list a few weeks back about Monitor calibration and printer
profiling software. After purchasing a new monitor (you can't profile
what's worn out, as I found out the hard way) I am now looking again for
that profiling system, at a modest price.
Several people suggested the Colorvision products, but I have also read a
bit about the Monaco EZ Color 2.0. I have a few questions I hope someone can
answer.
Profiler RGB builds a printer profile using a scanner without first
calibrating the scanner. Monaco EZ Color builds a scanner profile first.
The later system seems to me to make more sense and, on the face of it, one
would think that Monaco EZ Color would build "better" profiles because of
the accuracy of it's input.
Also, having read the thread about scanner profiles, I got the impression
that profiling your scanner helps you out on more levels than just the color
accuracy. If you buy the Colorvision bundle, wouldn't you then be looking
for some kind of IT8 calibration system, such as Silverfast's? Is it that
Colorvision's monitor and printer profiling system is so much better that it
is worth the expense to buy a separate scanner profiling system?
Silverfast AI with the calibration option and a 4x5 transparency IT8 target
run about $350.00 US for an Epson 1640 SU Photo - it comes with a reflective
target, quite a bit higher for a Nikon LS-2000..the 2 scanners I am
currently using.
Thanks in advance,
Peter Calvin
http://www.petercalvin.com