Re: Do I need to upgrade to i1Profiler?
Re: Do I need to upgrade to i1Profiler?
- Subject: Re: Do I need to upgrade to i1Profiler?
- From: "Millers' Photography L.L.C." <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:00:33 -0700
Good question Edmund.
I'm not in a hurry to experiment. Do think it is good business practices to get prepared what is in my imaging future.
With my current workflow and licensed i1 Pro ver A, and the equipment I have been using, no change is needed. Meeting the expectations of my clients is now better than when I started attempting to use the CCP the way X-Rite describes in their tutorials. Which by the way, varies in information from one tutorial to another.
The 1728 patch target with MT, and then i1 Match 3.6.3 have been good. Not broken, then don't fix it. Spooky though, 10.7.x won't permit MT to operate. So, ahead of time I am looking for solutions before it's too late.
I just learned about ColorPort, last night. I am making an effort to learn it.
Going from 10.5.8 to 10.6.7 has been a digital imaging challenge. However this has been mitigated by using Gutenprint v5.2.6, You and I have discussed this before.
Cheers,
David
David B. Miller, Pharm. D., member
Millers' Photography L.L.C.
3809 Alabama Street
Bellingham, WA 98226
360 739 2826
email@hidden
On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:57 PM, edmund ronald wrote:
> Hi David -
>
> I don't understand why you are in such a hurry to experiment?
> Also, I think your expectations from what the software alone will do are too high. Color management software works well for people who could already match things decently by eye if they needed to. It's sad to say this, but the eye of an expert user is usually the only foolproof check tool to assess whether color management is doing its job.
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> Edmund
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> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Millers' Photography L.L.C. <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am skeptical about X-rite software right now.
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> I downloaded the ColorChecker Passport software, purchased the small CCP pocket device. And studied and read the instructions. For weeks on end. Why? My results with color management took a toll on my and my clientele. Colors where way off. My clientele are artists wanting Giclee of their original intellectual property. My guarantee nothing is perfect......well, nothing was acceptable.
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> Rachel Kuzmik of X-Rite told me she was lead/head developer of CCP. And, to use the big gray patch for white balance. I did everything she said. Forget her help. Stuff got worse. She said to use either of two gray patches on another part of the pocket thing, for white balance, as well.
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> I had been using the Illuminator by Westcott. This was my standard for exposure and white balance.
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> I also found DNG Profile editor gave closer results the the X-Rite software. Finally, like right now, I use the lluminator by Westcott for exposure and white balance, and DNG Profile editor to read the CCP chart. Now, I am back to normal if not better results for my client. Oh, and the first really white patch in the little plastic case matches my lluminator by Westcott white. Oh yah. The other off white or gray
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> Signed the NDA for Rachel Kuzmik for a new software product, but never was given the product to test. I assume that was because I challenged her on the difference between her software and DNG profile editor. Just a guess.
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> What's the point?? The point is if I cannot try this new i1 Profiler (or as the sales lady said today, i1 Publish is the exact same software,) before purchase, I will not gamble!
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> Any suggestion are welcome.
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> Cheers
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> David
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> David B. Miller, Pharm. D., member
> Millers' Photography L.L.C.
> 3809 Alabama Street
> Bellingham, WA 98226
> 360 739 2826
> email@hidden
>
> On Apr 8, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Andrew Rodney wrote:
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> > On Apr 8, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Millers' Photography L.L.C. wrote:
> >
> >> So, how do I use ColorPort 2 to read my 1728 patch target and what does the calculations?
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> > Probably the easiest way is to take the TIFF itself, open it in Photoshop and use Nearest Neighbor and sample it down such that each color becomes one pixel. You’ll have to figure out the rows and columns you have for that target first, enter that into the Photoshop Image Size dialog. Then you’ll have a TIFF which has a single pixel for each patch, you can then import that into ColorPort (make a new Patch Set from the popup menu, then select Import Patches... from that dialog). Once the 1728 colors are imported, you can setup ColorPort for the page size you wish along with the size of the patches you want. Save out a new TIFF for printing and of course, CP will have saved off its XML file to read this in.
> >
> > But you can save yourself a lot of work and end up with better results by building a NEW target in i1P! Its target generator is very good, you’ll actually get better results just asking for 1728 patches (or whatever you wish), have it save a new TIFF and reference file. IOW, you don’t need and probably don’t want to use Bill’s target any longer.
> >
> > Andrew Rodney
> > http://www.digitaldog.net/
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