Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish?
Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish?
- Subject: Re: Any comments or feedback on i!Publish?
- From: Derek Lambert <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 12:55:56 -0400
I played with demo too (waiting for my dongle) and I did not noticed this. I am using temp 5850, 2.2 gamma and 120L target values as I don't work in the total darkness. I mostly use ColorEyes. Profiles were wery similar.
Best Regards,
Derek Lambert
On May 18, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Louis Dina <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have a few preliminary observations after playing with the interface of
> i1Publish (I downloaded and ran in demo mode, v1.0). I think the interface
> might actually be pretty nice after one gets used to it. I wanted to get a
> feel for the program and see what features were available and/or missing
> that are in some of the legacy programs.
>
> I'll comment on the monitor profiling module, since the demo version
> actually let me build, save and load a profile on my Mac. First, I was
> disappointed that there is no ability to set a target black luminance (at
> least that I could find). The black luminance is critical to a good monitor
> to print match and has been available in other software for years (Color
> Eyes, and I think BasicColor too).
>
> I have ProfileMaker and i1Match software loaded on my computer. Both of
> those programs give me very similar results in terms of monitor profile
> quality, luminance, etc. Here's what threw me.....I used i1Publish to build
> a monitor profile and it instructed me to crank the backlight of my LCD
> monitor WAY UP (exact same target settings as I used both PMP and
> i1Match....5500K, 2.2gamma, 80 cd/m2). The resulting profile gave me a
> display that was a LOT brighter than both the other programs (all three are
> Xrite programs, of course). Maybe it's because it is a demo version? I'm not
> exactly new to this stuff. I don't think I did anything wrong, but I decided
> to repeat the process in all three software packages to be sure. I got the
> same results. Competing LUT loaders perhaps? Any ideas? I'd expect subtle
> differences, but this ain't subtle.
>
> i1Match gives me a nice report immediately after the profile is built, with
> target and actual values for white and black luminance, gamma, color temp,
> etc. I didn't see any such info available from i1Publish.
>
> I haven't built any printer profiles yet, and am not even sure it will let
> me build and save a profile in demo version. I mainly wanted to look at the
> available bells and whistles.
>
> BTW, thanks for all the responses to my initial query. Hot topic!
>
> Lou Dina
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