Assigning and converting vs. Assigning only
Assigning and converting vs. Assigning only
- Subject: Assigning and converting vs. Assigning only
- From: Christopher Lund <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 08:53:31 +0000
Hi list.
I have a question regarding a workflow preference. I have a Scitex EverSmart
scanner and after a lot of testing I find I get better results scanning (in
RGB) without ICC enabled. ICC scanning gives quite muddy shadows or 3/4
tones, while "default_POS" setup gives a better overall image and I spend
less time tweaking the software settings. (I am thinking of getting
ProfileCity's software to make a custom profile and I hope that a custom
profile will let me scan in ICC-mode with better results...)
Anyway, when I scan without ICC mode the image opens up in Photoshop 6 with
the question of how to handle the image. I have a Optical/Spyder calibrated
Sony monitor (gamma 2.2 and 6500K) and if I assign that profile and then
convert to my working space (AdobeRGB) the image is 100% what I see in the
EverSmartScan app. If I assign the AdobeRGB directly the image is quite
close to what I see within EverSmartScan - but more saturated.
My question is: What method is better regarding image quality?
Assigning my montior space and then converting to AdobeRGB is far more
convenient since the colors match completely. But is that conversion
damaging my file a lot? Would it be better to just assign AdobeRGB and then
tweak the saturation?
(If there is anyone out there that has made a custom profile for an
EverSmart - what software did you use, and was there a big improvement over
the default scanner profile?)
thanks
Chris
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