It wont work with true ICC profiles apparently. I am really struggling with profiles thingys though and just don't know how to go about cracking the issue. I had though that by switching to elements I would be able to do more, but I cant find much in there - is it all reserved for the full product? Full CS is gonna cost me the equivalent of about $1200US in the UK!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Jolly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 February 2004 20:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Grain Surgery for PS > > > Are you sure about that, Herb? Looking at the "Color Management" > options page in PSP7, I see that you can set profiles for both the > monitor and the printer, and it looks to me like you can use the > "proofing" option to view the colours as they would appear on > any device > you have a profile for, printers included. > > S > > Herb Chong wrote: > > > then i don't get the point of the reference to or the use > of PSP 7 and > > grain in your original msg. PSP 7 is a lot worse than Photoshop at > > color management and that means it's not very useful for > photographic > > work. it only color manages to the monitor and not to the printer. > > > > Herb... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Miers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:22 PM > > Subject: RE: Grain Surgery for PS > > > > > > > >>I'm not using Photoshop or grainsurgery for scanning itself. But > > > > actually > > > >>the scanning program does make a difference IMHO. VueScan gets much > > > > better > > > >>shadow detail then the Minolta software that comes with the > scanner no > >>matter how manually I've tried it. VueScan also focuses > the scanner > >>much faster then the Minolta software and I've yet to > notice any loss > >>of sharp focus there. To a point the scanning program can make a > >>difference as > > > > well > > > >>because of some compensation built into the manufacturers > software for > >>the hardware created noise. I think I do get a bit more > noise out of > >>VueScan, but usually better overall results in the end. But as for > >>this post it > > > > only > > > >>refers to after scanning processing, not scanning itself. > > > > > > > >

