Re: i1Profiler & SpectroProofer Data
Re the comments on i1 Profiler I agree with Scott. It's up to us to work with the tools we're given. We can give feedback to X-Rite but at the end of the day they aren't designing a product for just us specialists, if they are going to make any money they have to appeal to a wider market. I think i1 Profiler is a huge leap forward for most users. The information is there is you want it, as are more advanced options if required. The profiles are certainly better than ProfileMaker. We sold an i1 Publish Pro 2 to a customer last week. They managed to get up and running making good profiles and the only support calls we took were to help them with how to work with their various RIPs. They got to grips with Profiler on their own. That's a pretty good testament for the product. Yes, it could be better still but what couldn't? Rob Griffith The Colour Collective.
On 16 Sep 2012, at 09:52, Rob Griffith <robgriffith@colourcollective.co.uk> wrote:
Re the comments on i1 Profiler I agree with Scott. It's up to us to work with the tools we're given. We can give feedback to X-Rite but at the end of the day they aren't designing a product for just us specialists, if they are going to make any money they have to appeal to a wider market.
What a surprise! The middlemen who flog X-Rite gear agree that everything is OK. As an end user, the person who needs to build a profile at 2am for a 9am deadline, I can tell you that this cosy arrangement isn't acceptable. I've been building profiles for years. The software and hardware that I've purchased from X-Rite should not just be easy to use in a simple workflow, it should reward deeper investigation by the end user too. I shouldn't need to be scouring the web or signing up for seminars from a bunch of middlemen to find out the real meaning of the arbitrary integers on a slider. The preponderance of the views of resellers on this list really skews the debate. The photographers, the print makers and the printers are the "specialists" here. They buy the software and hardware, deploy it and create stuff using it. It is their lives that are made easier (or harder) by the features (or lack of) in those products. I imagine that a forum for chefs would not tolerate the resellers of pots and pans having so much prominence in the discussions about creating amazing dining experiences. I really don't know why people involved in image making put up with it. -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
2012/9/16 Martin Orpen <martin@idea-digital.com>:
On 16 Sep 2012, at 09:52, Rob Griffith <robgriffith@colourcollective.co.uk> wrote:
The photographers, the print makers and the printers are the "specialists" here. They buy the software and hardware, deploy it and create stuff using it. It is their lives that are made easier (or harder) by the features (or lack of) in those products.
Agree, but I should add software developers. Jose Bueno
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José Ángel Bueno García
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Martin Orpen
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Rob Griffith