[argyllcms] Re: Printing using an ICC profile
- From: Pedro Côrte-Real <pedro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:19:56 -0800
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Pedro Côrte-Real <pedro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It's also worth experimenting with other source profiles - despite the
>> common advice to avoid the bastardized Version 2 sRGB profiles like the
>> plague, using the black_scaled version from this page:
>> http://www.color.org/srgbprofiles.xalter
>> gives markedly different results, and in some situations I've found it helps
>> with garish saturated dark colours and skin tones. As always
>> experimentation is the key. Just make sure you use whichever profile you
>> select consistently - i.e. use the same one with colprof's -S parameter and
>> in PhotoPrint's colour management dialog.
Just tried this and the result was the same.
>> If your skin tones are still way off after trying all this, then your
>> problem is likely to be profile accuracy, so the answer may then be to hack
>> some extra skin-tone patches into a .ti1 file manually, using a spreadsheet.
>
> I'm guessing that is probably it. I guess I have to study the ti1
> format and write my own with some different colors. I was expecting
> this to be more straightforward. Oh, well.
Is the 200patch run I did too little? I only did 2 pages to not waste
too much paper but if I do a calibration with say 6 pages or around
600 patches will this be much better or should I hack in skin tones
specifically?
Pedro
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