Re: Color Management in Reverse?
Re: Color Management in Reverse?
- Subject: Re: Color Management in Reverse?
- From: Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:49:54 +0100
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What were they Thinking?
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My thinking of color management tends to be straight forward. I start with a
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source profile CMYK/RGB to PCS, and end with My destination Profile PSC to
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CMYK/RGB. Most color management system process images in this manner.
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However there are a few renegade approaches that like to do things in a
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counter intuitive way. Such as CMYK to PCS Source and then CMYK to PCS
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Destination. My favorite app for this is Best Color. You can adjust the PCS
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to CMYK side of the destination profile all day long and nothing happens.
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When you adjust the CMYK to PCS side of the destination profile your output
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changes, however in the opposite direction that you would think it should
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change. This leaves you with the option of adjusting the source profile
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which renders it useless for any other purpose, or adjust the destination
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profile adding color to take away color in the final out put. What were they
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Thinking?
This isn't right. I can edit PCS->CMYK destinations for the BEST RIP with no
problems. You just need to edit in the same rendering intent in your editing
software as the BEST RIP uses.
Lee Badham
Bodoni Systems Ltd - Key solutions in digital imaging.
Tel: 01895 825776
Fax: 01895 825994
web:
http://www.bodoni.co.uk
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