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: edmund ronald <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:53:00 +0200
Lou,
If you have specific features of i1Pro you want added, why don't you list
them here ?
I am sure Xrite are watching this space.
My own first requests would be for DTP70 and Barbieri LFP support.
Edmund
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Louis Dina <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> >
> > 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,
> >
> > 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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