[argyllcms] Profiling with a known gamma shaper

Hi,

I had another odd thought...

In the past I've had two methods of profiling my camera:

1. Directly profile against the reference values of my IT8 target,
giving good color accuracy...
2. Profile the difference between an in camera processed image and the
IT8 target, giving me a great gamma shaper (very similar to camera
generated JPEGs).

One of the problems I'm having with the first method would be the fact
that I suffer more often from blown out details...

So I had a though, what if I just transplant the shaper from one
profile to another. Which I tried with the color.org ICC Profile
Inspector, which allows you to export and import gamma shapers, into
and out of profiles.

The results were unsurprisingly not that great!

The next obvious question would be, is there a way to generate a
profile, while having a predefined gamma shaper?

I'm aware this could entail losing color accuracy. But please when
possible, indulge me...

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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