Re: ImagePrint Answer
Re: ImagePrint Answer
- Subject: Re: ImagePrint Answer
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 07:13:15 -0700
on 1/24/03 5:16 PM, Cris Daniels wrote:
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I know that the profile knows nothing. But using your logic, if you
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preview an image with a not-so-hot profile and don't like the result, that
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hammering the image into shape in Photoshop is going to allow me to get it
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printing properly which is simply not true.
I don't use nor recommend "not so hot profiles" and I've never said anyone
should use them or try and fix an image (or edit the profile) to "fix" a not
so hot profile.
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The final output however is quite close, which proves to me that
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working on the image in a "softproof " mode would simply lead me down the
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wrong path if I were working the image with the Gretag profile.
Then the preview portion of the profile may need to be tuned. Print to
screen matching is important. I'm not saying that if you can't get this with
the profile, what the hell, just edit the image in Photoshop. I'm saying
with the best profile (both preview and output portions), editing the file
is usually necessary.
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The whole concept of calibrating and profiling is to
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virtually eliminate playing with every file to get an acceptable print, so
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altering each file to print is going backwards in the advancement of that
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concept.
Print AND preview...
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Find the one that gives the best visual attributes that
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I'm looking for without clipping and I'm in business.
And if that works for you and you are happy with the image, great. Many uses
will want to edit the file for specific needs.
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I can't imagine doing an installation where you sell a customer on a high-end
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monitor, color management hardware/software, installation, training, get their
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equipment all calibrated and profiled, and tell them they need to screw with
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every image that they create to get the best print after they drop $20,000.
Why? Are you overselling color management? It's supposed to produce a very
close WYSIWHG. You may not LIKE what you see (and get). So edit the file.
Profiles don't correct images and again, they don't know squat about images.
They only know about devices.
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I remember
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getting lots of flak (I'm not accusing you personally) for proposing that
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profiling this RIP RGB was the way to go, citing RGB as the inferior method
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of profiling a RIP.
I've ALWAYS worked with this RIP as an RGB channel.
Andrew Rodney
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