Re: Just how accurate we we need to be?
Re: Just how accurate we we need to be?
- Subject: Re: Just how accurate we we need to be?
- From: Terence Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:36:00 -0500
But in the proofing world (proof verification) where we're increasingly relying on "virtual" press characterization data such as GRACoL and Fogra 39 where we have no reliable visual reference, numbers are "virtually" all we have to go by.
I agree that the visual result is what we're ultimately striving for (the eyes are an excellent *comparator* but a poor *reference* instrument) but I still find the impartiality of the instrument an extremely valuable tool. To put it bluntly, I can trust that my SpectroEye will not be influenced by last evening's over indulgence in adult beverages or my own mood swings. :-)
Having said all that, what keeps me up at night is still inter and intra-instrument agreement. LOTS more work should be done in this area before instrumentation and numbers alone can be fully trusted.
To summarize....instruments and eyeballs work...sometimes.
:-)
Regards,
Terry Wyse
On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:14 PM, Roger wrote:
> Very grateful, indeed. But we want (need) more! Especially in the "ICC
> profile editors" department. I don't care what others might think, that we
> should stick to the numbers or numbers are the holy grail, the visual can't
> be ignored in my opinion. All kinds of factors intervene to screw the
> numbers. My life is on the firing line every day with color and numbers
> alone will just not sustain me. When it's got to match, it's got to match.
> So, please, Mr. X-Rite, please don't abandon your good work on Profile
> Editor. BTW, I still find like in Fuji ColourKit Profile Editor...
>
> Best / Roger
>
>> The eyes help fine-tune the details, but the numbers get you into the
>> correct neighborhood to begin with. Let's not forget to be grateful for
>> the
>> advances that ICC CM color technologies have made available to us.
>>
>> Marco
>
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