Re: scanner profiling question
Re: scanner profiling question
- Subject: Re: scanner profiling question
- From: Terry Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:43:26 -0400
on 8/22/02 7:16 PM, Quentin Bargate wrote:
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I found results using the Hutch target on a Howtek D4000, using ProfileCity
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software, were dark. I confess I have not played around with it much, but I
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wondered if you had found the same.
This is not uncommon. Here's a couple of things you can do:
* After you've scanned the target, open it in Photoshop un-color managed.
Adjust the overall midtone gradation slightly by going in the OPPOSITE
direction of what you think. IOW, make the target scan DARKER to fool the
profiling application into making lighter profile. Start with small
increments like 2-3% (a little goes a long way!). After the adjustment, make
the profile.
You can use a similar technique for adjusting slight color casts in the
resulting profile. Just ADD 1-2% of the same color that's casting the scans.
I find it much easier to tweak the target scan pre-profiling rather than
edit the profile after the fact. I suppose an ICC purist would discourage
this method but IT WORKS!
* You could also try Don Hutcheson's technique for "extended shadow detail".
You'll need either a piece of ND 4.0 filter or an exposed piece of
imagsetter/litho film (>3.0 density) to do it. This will improve 3/4 tone
detail and open the shadows a bit. You'll find the technique in his scanning
guide. Everybody seems to want more shadow detail so I use this technique as
a SOP.
I've used ProfileCity's ICC Capture Pro with several customers with very
good results. I think you'll be happy with it.
Terry
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