Rob writes ...
> I have an Acer Scanwit and under the scanner properties
> in Win98se it lists an sRGB color profile as the only
> profile associated with the scanner. My colorspace for
> Photoshop is AdobeRGB. Do I need associate AdobeRGb
> with the scanner or when I set AdobeRGB as my
> colorspace in Vuescan will the scan come into photoshop
> with AdobeRGB embedded?
Your question would beg another ... "Is your scanner capable of a
larger gamut than sRGB?" If not, then your PS working color space may
as well be sRGB, but you don't lose anything if the scanner embeds
sRGB and you subsequently convert to AdobeRGB when you open the file
(... but you don't gain anything either ...). I suspect your scanner
can deliver a better gamut than sRGB, and you are better off if you
associate your Vuescan with your preferred working color space
(AdobeRGB) ... but my suspicions would need be confirmed with some
testing. (... which brings up a personal peeve ... "Why don't scanner
test/reviews give us some idea of the color capacity of scanners?"
...)
> I could not find an .icm file called AdobeRBG,
> but since Pshop's using AdobeRGB I guess it has
> to be on my system somewhere, ...
It would depend on your OS ... if Win98 it is in your
'windows/system/color' directory ... if Win2000, it is in
'winNT/system32/spool/color/' directory (... I haven't a clue about
Macs ... in your 'colorsync' folder? ...)
>
> Or, since I am getting good prints with the setup as it is
> (color on the monitor matches pretty well with what I'm
> getting out of the printer) should I just leave it
> alone? Am I limiting the scanner input with this
> profile? Would another profile give me a wider range of colors?
There is something to be said about "if it works, don't fool with it"
... but you probably are losing some control for editting your
scanner's true color gamut if using sRGB is short changing it.
shAf :o)
