Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #234 - 9 msgs
Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #234 - 9 msgs
- Subject: Re: colorsync-users digest, Vol 3 #234 - 9 msgs
- From: "Joseph A. Castay" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:21:05 -0400
On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 11:20 AM, Andrew Rodney wrote:
on 6/5/02 9:02 AM, Joseph A. Castay at email@hidden wrote:
Having said that. I don't see Profile Editor being heavily worked on
"specifically" for a while.
That or Custom Color ICC which needs (like Profile Editor) and OSX
version.
What chances of that?
Profile Editor has pretty much everything I need to create and edit
profiles to no end. What Kodak is actually doing in terms of development
current and future products - ask Kodak. Chances are they will not
respond to these posting. I use a separate calibration software to
create monitor profiles.
Kodak has a few CMS Modules. Some overlap. Kodak's development is over a
period of time that has dramatically changed over the years. For
example: Input Profile Builder is a good little tool that creates
straight up profiles. It provides more document data about the ICC
profile then does Profile Editor. Profile Editor allows you to edit
profiles while Input Profile Builder does not. Then there is the
dollars. Input Profile Builder is less money. Let's not get into
semantics about needing or not needing to edit input profiles. Profile
Editor is more than an input profile builder, it does much more.
Choosing one or the other has more to do with assessing ones needs. If
you are not planing to edit profiles ----.
I see more integration of CMS into current
and future products. For example: Input Profile Builder is built within
Capture Studio
I have some issues with that implementations but kudo's to Kodak for
putting
it into the driver. But is that simply smart use of existing technology
(yes) and does this say anything about the rest of Kodak's CMS suite
(not
really).
Issues? I am not saying it is perfect, but who's software is? So far
what I have seen and used in Kodak's ColorFlow CMS (excluding file
format for images) is that it is made up of flexible workflows. The only
requirement is that profiles are 100% ICC compliant, which is something
I think you would want. Your options are; If you don't like it - turn it
off. Don't use it. Of all the Kodak ColorFlow Modules so far only the
Image Acquire seems to be at a stop. Image acquire is an excellent
production tool that will select 1 image or batches of images and
convert them (ICC Profile, TIFF, JPEG, linear, 8bit, 10/12Bit).
Unfortunately, it does not work with current DCS7X or DCSPro files.
Profile Editor has features not yet available in todays
applications...
GUI from hell <g>.
It's funny you say GUI from hell. Like there is an application out there
that has only one button to push. Especially since you are Linocolor fan
(so am I). I have trained clients on Profile Editor. They seem to pick
it up pretty quick. Up front you are using a wizard that can't miss.
Then editing profiles are a matter of locating the color tools. The edit
menu allows you to correct your mistakes or apply additional
corrections. There are only 5 tools (not including UCR/GCR options).
Within each tool you have options. Many of which you would be familiar
with in PhotoShop. Others not. I remember when I was training customers
on Linocolor, it was not so simple at first, but they picked it up
rather well.
Prepress folks pickup the software very well. They are use to having to
deal with high end software that produces the same type of end product,
yet under various application appearances. How many RIP's have you
worked on? {Rhetorical} They all have a different appearance.
By the way, some of these ColorFlow color tools are in Capture Studio.
Corel Photo-Paint has a very different feel than PhotoShop, like Objects
instead of Layers. It is a really good software. It's not as popular,
but it is still very good. Have you seen Corel's Color Management
options. Not bad...! A PhotoShop user might have to adjust their thought
process switching from one to the other. To this day I get the
"PhotoShop does it this way or where is the PhotoShop version" comment.
Word Perfect or Word.
Excel or 123.
Freehand or Illustrator or Painter.
I can go back in forth, but I do have to re-think how and remember
where. After a while I am into it, but still cranking the few b-cells I
have. maybe that's why I do not exclude products from my option shelf.
Some you may end up having to use and some you just work at it a little
harder than others.
Joseph A. Castay
Andrew Rodney
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