Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish? (Lou Dina)
Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish? (Lou Dina)
- Subject: Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish? (Lou Dina)
- From: Louis Dina <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:38:32 -0500
Thanks for all your responses, folks. Hmmmmm.....lots of thoughts, both pro
& con, but it sounds like the general consensus is that i1Publish is a
disappointment when it comes to feature set, flexibility, user interface and
the loss of tools/functionality. I'm still undecided and will have to
consider further. I'm fine on monitor calibration, use Adobe DNG Profile
Editor to create Customer Camera Profiles, don't do much scanning or
projector type stuff.
My main focus is a program that will allow me to create, edit and update
superior RGB and CMYK printer and press profiles, and has the ability to
adjust various parameters on a professional level (like what I am used to
with Monaco Profiler and ProfileMaker Pro5.xx).
Scott, you said, *"There are better individual tools for profiling
displays,cameras and printers on the market if you are willing to accept
some trade off of "sexy" interface vs quality and productivity."*
Could anyone provide me with the names of some programs that might fit my
needs, as mentioned above? Any comments on the products would also be
welcome. I just want to be sure that whatever I end up using will be as good
or better than Monaco Profiler or ProfileMaker Pro. I don't do a huge volume
of profiles, so I can handle a slightly clunky interface. Maybe i1Publish is
the best overall package at this time for what I need. I can always use my
other software programs if I need them for specific functions.
Thanks again,
Lou Dina
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> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 22:04:01 -0400
> From: Scott Geffert <email@hidden>
> Subject: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish?
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> Hi Lou,
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> LIke Andrew Rodney points out it took an awful long time for X Rite to =
> create an updated color product and I think many of us were expecting =
> something that at least had the same utility as the older tools it =
> replaced. There is no serious camera profiling (support for true ICC =
> input profiles and the X Rite DCSG chart), the monitor profiling option =
> has less capabilities than pretty much every other standalone or bundled =
> product, and the UI seems to be way too complex for the casual user and =
> overly restrictive and clunky for the high end user. The color =
> validation tools are far too simplistic. It works well, but it's sort of =
> too little too late.
>
> I personally miss the tools like Profile Editor where I could compare =
> spot colors to newly created profiles etc. During the hiatus I have =
> moved on to fun tools like ColorThink and SpectraShop. There are better =
> individual tools for profiling displays,cameras and printers on the =
> market if you are willing to accept some trade off of "sexy" interface =
> vs quality and productivity.
>
> I am a bit down on X Rite at the moment because I feel that they had =
> literally abandoned the community for so many years after basically =
> killing one of the best companies in the color business (Gretag =
> Macbeth). I feel that X Rite has to deliver a lot more than a few =
> webinars to earn back the respect and hard earned dollars of the =
> community. We should not be forced to buy new software simply for the =
> sake of stability because X Rite could have simply offered a .X update =
> to Profile Maker for far less money. I am also hoping that the tool =
> matures to a more valuable place but I am not holding my breath.
>
> Regardless of the various profiling tools that all work reasonably well, =
> the biggest issues are related to the support of ICC on the Mac OS, iOS, =
> and WIndows. If we cannot reliably print charts with "no color =
> management" or turn off canned profiles for cameras it may not matter =
> what color tools you purchase! While X Rite was asleep (and the ICC to =
> some extent during the same period) the industry has moved dangerously =
> away from open ICC standards towards a "canned" proprietary state. ICC =
> profiling allows the user to control his or her workflow and to drive =
> tools form different vendors to deliver similar results. Anyone who has =
> tried to use a third-party paper in an ink jet printer will tell you how =
> valuable ICC profiling can be. While it took X Rite forever to develop a =
> new solution I guess the good news is that color management is back on =
> people's radar screens.
>
> Scott
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