Re: CMYK output profiles & dotgain
Re: CMYK output profiles & dotgain
- Subject: Re: CMYK output profiles & dotgain
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 20:28:24 -0500
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> If I create output profile for some press & paper combination, does it
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> contain information about dotgain? Does dotgain compensation happen when I
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> apply that profile to image? How to get dotgain values from a profile?
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The dotgain is compensated for in the profile, but there is no dot gain value
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stored in the profile (unless its a proprietary tag thing) so you can't
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extract that info from a standard ICC profile.
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C David Tobie
Apparently Bruce Lindbloom has a formula to estimate the dot gain from Lab
values. I believe it's somewhere on his web site. I should pay him a visit
too soon because I am in need of this kind of information and all I have is
a profile.
Regards,
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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