[argyllcms] Re: PDF workflow with gamut-mapped device link profiles?

Hello Graeme,

although I answered Ben off-list, as this is
some kind of "advertisement" which I havn't
seen on this list before, I have to answer now.

basICColor demon is an OS (Mac, Win) compatible
color management module that can be used in all
applications that allow the selection of the CMM.
It exchanges a defined 2-profile conversion by
a devicelink conversion.

So, devicelink conversions are possible today in
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat
(which means you can build you poor mans
color server).

And it definitively does not cost serious $$$.


Regards

Rolf

Am 20.06.2008 um 01:11 schrieb Graeme Gill:


Ben Goren wrote:
I think the answer right now is, ``not yet,'' but is there any chance that I can perform a gamut-mapped device link profile conversion on a PDF instead of a TIFF? I'd like to do some stuff with InDesign or Illustrator instead of Photoshop, but I'm spoiled by Argyll's quality.... 

It's quite complicated to do this type of thing. You basically
need a PostScript/PDF RIP to process the file, to get to
the color bits to transform them. It might be possible to
do a PDF only with less effort, but it still involved.

There are commercial products that can do this type of thing
(although I'm not sure about device links), and they cost serious $$$.

Graeme Gill.





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