On:Tue, 25 Feb 2003 Rick Lee wrote: >>> Can anyone explain the difference between Assign Profile and Convert to >>> Profile in PS7? > > Others can answer your question better than me for sure, but I just thought > I'd pop in and say that in my opinion, "getting" the answer to this question > is the very key to understanding what color management is all about.
It sure is......most things are quite easy to learn as you go, often on the spot. Colour Managenent (CM) is different, in that it only becomes clear after quite a lot of thought, sometimes years before the 'lightbulb' switches on. Then it lifts everything up to a new level of in built competence. You too, can grind your own pigments. A lot of how CM is written about, and the way it is written about is an impedement to its learning. Verbal definitions often fail to conjure up any mental image of visual understanding. A colleague on mine sent me a three-dimensional colour histogram of sRGB and RGB98 floating within LaB, and years of puzzlement fell into place. I could now visualise all the digital mechanics and theoretical structure of CM. All I had to do was reverse engineer back from that moment of clarity and it became obvious as day and night. It is all about eye and machines seeing the same colours. I am glad to see obvious questions being asked, as with CM they are often the most difficult and challenging to answer in words. I digress. best William Curwen www.william.ws =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
