[argyllcms] Re: A beginner's questions

On Jan 31, 2008 9:40 AM, Luud Heck <> wrote:

> Hi Leonard,
>
> Did you try Argyll on Windows? I did yesterday (Win XP) and the
> profile it generates there is also much darker than the one generated
> with the Colorvision Software. Might Argyll have the same problem with
> ATI on windows as on Linux?
>
>

A small test you can do in windows is.
Load your profile created with the colorvision software with

dispwin myprofile.icc


Then check the settings with

dispcal –r

After that, try

dispcal –E

To verify the installed lut.


Repeat for the Argyll created profile.

I tested this once on a windows box and I ended up with that the
Argyll profile had a much lower average neutral error, of course :-)



There are some other tests on the left margin of this page, you may find useful.
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/monitor_calibration.htm

A simple well written simple downloadable guide about colormanagment
can be found here:
http://www.nativedigital.co.uk/shop/page.php?xPage=support_general_cm.html

And since Leonard helpfully recommend the "Real World" book. It's a
great book, but I find it to much focused on colormanagment in
different application, and I use none of them.  Actually my most used
book when I play with argyllcms is the old "Unix Power tools" and "sed
& awk".  :-)
I have picked up a few more books about colormanagment now, and
hopefully they would enlighten me about the deeper stuff.

A few more tips. Don't be afraid to ask, and read the Argyll
documentation carefully. I have failed in both  of them.

Lars Tore Gustavsen

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