Re: now Frontier sRGB
Re: now Frontier sRGB
- Subject: Re: now Frontier sRGB
- From: Rudy Vonk <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:20:39 +0100
Neil Barstow said (and quoted):
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On 29/10/01 at 8:08 am, email@hidden wrote:
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> In a message dated 10/28/01 7:59:39 PM, email@hidden writes:
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> > However, I'm sure he'll get better results converting to sRGB
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[in the absenc eof a proper frontier profile, that is]
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> My Frontier workflow is to correct in AdobeRGB, then convert to a custom
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> profile for the Frontier. Beats the hell out of sRGB output! <G>
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yep, I totally agree, that would be the RIGHT way.
I also completely agree. This is not a good reason to post another
message :-) but perhaps as a Frontier user I can add the following:
In the non-US Frontier workstation software (apparently, the rest of us
including Canada use Japanese software) the "sRGB" output device is OK
for fast, no-nonsense output from supplied digital media provided by
non-color-savvy customers. However, it detects whether a JPEG file comes
from a digital camera (a tag placed by the camera firmware) and in that
case "corrects" the image (roughly equivalent to placing the Photoshop
"Levels" black and white sliders at the edges of the mountain). Most of
the time this is OK, some of the time this is disastrous as it affects
color balance. This is what we use if the customer says: "Print this!",
and we charge 40 cents for a 4x6.
If we have to look at a file before printing it on the Frontier (e.g.
scanning a print, or being asked to process digital files of different
or unknown origin), we *always* edit in a neutral working space (Adobe
RGB is our preferred choice in other workflows, but Bruce Fraser puts
forward convincing arguments for a wider space for photographic output
in Chapter 6 of RWPS 6), and convert to a custom Frontier profile made
with the workstation printing without any conversion.
The bottom line is: the Frontier gamut ("No Convert") is considerably
larger than sRGB. If you can charge a dollar for a good 4x6 instead of
40 cents for a reasonable one, forget sRGB.
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Rudy Vonk
Oviedo, Spain
<email@hidden>
+34 607 354100
You can't always want what you get.
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