March 2013 - colorsync-users

Monitor recommendations for a MBPr?
by Paul Schilliger 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hi, I wish I can take from here, for nothing beats experimented users experience when it comes to choosing a monitor. Could you please suggest a good match for a MacBook Pro Retina 15", in the 27" or even 30" range? My budget is limited to 1,5K however. The monitor is to be used in a controlled light environment, mainly for Photoshop and LightRoom, but also InDesign and web browsing. So I'm concerned with text size as well. I've used a 24" iMac matte screen (1920x1200) till now, that was fine. Some newer features such as wide gamut capabilities, lower power and more real estate would be of course welcome. I would avoid a flickering LED monitor when set a low luminance levels however, but reading the specs, some newer LED monitors seem to have non flickering technology (Eizo), which could be good. But if that choice is safer and more eyes friendly, I would stay with CCFL back-lighting such as with the trusted PA271W. I have Spyder Elite 3 to 4 and bascICColor 4 (with Spectrocam). If I can skip a bundle calibration package, it would be that much that I could add to the monitor itself. Not sure however whether these two would allow for a proper hardware calibration. And passing from Snow to Mountain Lion might reserve some surprises as well… Thanks in advance for your hints and suggestions! regards Paul

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RE: Re: Is there an HDM CMM for MacOS or Windows7-8?
by Harold Boll 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Roger Breton wrote: > Is tetrahedral interpolation more involved, computationally? For those wanting to know more about tetrahedral interpolation beyond Graeme's informative explanation, go to: http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2006/11/24/tetrahedral-interpolation-for-co lorspace-conversion/ Harold ------------------------------------------ "Keep it simple, but no simpler!" ------------------------------------------

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Re: Is there an HDM CMM for MacOS or Windows7-8?
by Harold Boll 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

> From: Roger Breton <graxx(a)videotron.ca> >Using IDEAlliance's SWOP2006_Coated3v2 profile: > 50 0 0 (ACE) 50.12 41.69 42.48 14.22 > 50 0 0 (PatchTool) 50.30 41.68 41.78 14.63 > 50 0 0 (Argyll) 50.29 41.68 41.78 14.22 Hi, Below is result from Matlab's Image Processing Toolbox CMM for profile SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc using Absolute RI. addressing Lab value: [50 0 0] CMYK = 0.5030 0.4168 0.4181 0.1462 This CMM employs tetrahedral interpolation. Harold ------------------------------------------ "Keep it simple, but no simpler!" ------------------------------------------

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QTR printing problem with files with large dimensions
by Kamil Tresnak 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Dear all, i run into the problems with printing files with large dimensions (in pixels). This is not color related problem, so sorry for little bit off topic question. Maybe is between us somebody with some programming and similar technical skills, who can give me any idea what we can do to solve our problem. All you need, if interrested, you can find in this thread in Yahoo group. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuadtoneRIP/message/10943 Thank you for your time, all the best Kamil Tresnak

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Target printing from i1 Profiler
by Giuseppe Andretta 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Hello I tried to print an i1 IO Pro2 target from the X-Rite software to an Epson 4900 with the latest drivers's version. I had a very dull print so I tried with the Adobe Color Printer Utility and I had the same result. I noticed that in the driver dialog box in the Color Matching panel there was a default on ColorSync but there's no choice to select Epson Color Controls. So I printed the target from Photoshop and I selected Printer Manages Colors and in the driver dialog box, in the Color Matching panel, I was able to select Epson Color Controls and then, in the Print Settings I was able to turn Color Settings to OFF (No color management). In this way I had a good colorful print and I made a profile that's working fine but…what's changed? I mean, I knew that with Photoshop there was no choice of printing with no color management under Mountain Lion and I used the Adobe Color Printer Utility. But even with the i1 Profiler software I was able to print a right target; today it seems that it's not possible anymore and I should go back to the old way of printing from Photoshop. Anyone noticed that or am I missing something? Giuseppe Andretta

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