Neil Barstow wrote:
>By scanning a known target and comparing
>the captured data to the reference data for that target we can build a
>table [a profile] which can be used to remove the scanner's
>idiosyncracies from any subsequent scan.
what about the idiosyncrasies of different films eg Kodachrome? or does
this become irrelevant once the scanner is properly profiled?
Neil wrote:
>Embedding a workingspace may not work anyway - why? because the
>workingspace profile is not a profile of your scanner. A conversion
>needs to be made, from scanner <colour space> to Workingspace.
and
>If you want to embed a profile at scanning stage [and you should] you'd
>ideally want to know that the profile was a proper representation of
>your scanner's performance
Neil - thanks for your considered response - I guess I am guilty of not
biting the bullet (and coughing up yet more dough [flow of cash seems to
be one-way at the moment, sigh..]) with respect to getting (all) my
equipment correctly profiled......
>[the only way to be
>sure the profile represents the scanner properly is to make a profile
>of your scanner [I can do that for you if you like].
would appreciate that - what do you need/what do I need to do?
>why not have a look at my site, lots to read there
will do (bookmarked long ago!)
Geoff
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