[argyllcms] Re: Faking the white point in camera calibration

  • From: Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:09:48 +1000

Stephen T wrote:

> Now, rather than editing the wtpt tag, maybe I can edit the .ti3 file and 
> then profile that? I
> am thinking to edit the XYZ_X XYZ_Y XYZ_Z and RGB_R RGB_G RGB_B data for GS00 
> to make everything
> neutral. I can make the reference Lab neutral by setting a and b to zero. 
> Then I can convert
> these numbers to XYZ. For the camera, I can use the average of the measured 
> values and set
> R=G=B.
> 
> Is this safe or would it make problems for colprof and screw up the model 
> fitting?

That may work, as long as the change in the white patch is not too great.

Graeme Gill.

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