Re: just testing, this list seems deceased?
Re: just testing, this list seems deceased?
- Subject: Re: just testing, this list seems deceased?
- From: Scott Martin via colorsync-users <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 09:51:14 -0500
> How many remember the halcyon days of big color guy parties, such as the
> Gretag NDA intro of the i1 in Orlando?
Yes, and the i3forum in Laguna Beach and the ACN network of ColorSync
Consultants… “ColorSync” really isn’t a relevant term anymore is it? It’s a
relic of a bygone era.
> It would be interesting to find how many of that gang stayed in the biz
> through Covid.
Still in the biz and doing more interesting projects than ever. COVID was the
wrench in the machine I needed. Putting a stop to being on the road 5+ days a
week was amazing and allowed me to think more about what I’d really like to
focus my time on.
I’ve never been very interested in the G7 offset press calibration side of
things. I’ve always been more focused on large format printing processes that
picky art market clients use (solvent, latex, UV and dyesub), the artwork
capture side of things, and techniques to get perfect reproductions. While
getting the most out of aqueous inkjet is long put to bed, people still
struggle with solvent and dyesub in particular and the RIPs haven’t raised the
bar to help these users, sadly.
It’s the capture side of things that's really so exciting and has seen so much
improvement in recent years. 4 point lighting systems with exquisite
polarization, camera profiling, workflow tweaking and colorimetric ∆E reports
is all really exciting to master. This along with today’s 100/400 megapixel
cameras allows us to document work quickly at insane detail. Today’s cloud
based databases make managing collections a lovely experience and combining
gigapixel viewing within them is still just starting to come to market. Adobe
has leapfrogged Capture One with a few key technologies. It’s an exciting area
where there’s a lot happening…
And there’s a lot of imaging workflows that are being moved to the cloud. I’m
seeing my larger clients intake customer files online, process images in the
cloud (including color management) and run through the appropriate printer RIPs
often with CM turned off. The cloud is the smart big brain and the RIPs are
dumb passthrough workstations. So that’s another exciting area seeing a lot of
growth right now.
On a personal level, I’m fairly excited at how much better the i1Pro3 is from
the 1Pro2 and how easy it is to take M3 measurements with the i1Pro3plus. These
tools are fast and affordable and the end results speak for themselves. And
Apple Silicon! ColorSync is gonna rock on that M1Max 16” laptop next week I'm
sure… Getting the Quadra 660av was the last time I was as excited about getting
a new machine.
> Conjecture and chatter are that we are down to perhaps 10%.
Thank god for that ;-p I think the argumentative big egos and chest beating
have driven people away. I do so miss those early days of inquisitive
discussions with open sharing. Tip of the hat to all of you - you know who you
are.
Scott Martin
www.on-sight.com
Imaging Science for Art
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