[argyllcms] Re: Argyll vs. manufacturer's profile
- From: edmund ronald <edmundronald@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:40:30 +0200
OP means original poster.
I use the Pixl test image to evaluate my profiles.
I have used Monaco Profiler, Profile Maker Pro, and Argyll with
various spectros, and indeed there is always a perceptible variation
in the sky hues, from blue to purple. I was never able to figure out
why. There is a well-known "dense blue turns into violet" problem in
printing, due to a hook in the hue when density goes up, and this may
be the cause of this blue issue. A good test would be to run some
profiles with a huge number patches through each profiler and see
whether the resulting closer measurements result in more similar
results.
Anyway, if you want a Monaco Profiler profile, just download
colorport, print the target and measure it for the big 1728 scrambled
patch target, and send me the measure results.
Edmund
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Uli Oertel <uli.oertel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 20.10.2010 17:33, schrieb edmund ronald:
>>
>> I would be willing to run a profile for the OP using Monaco Profiler
>> to see if he likes it better.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean? What is OP?
>>
>> I used an Argyll profile for all *my own* printed work for a year and
>> liked it, but that was an old Argyll.
>> Gamut mappings will only improve if people actually provide feedback
>> about their likes and dislikes.
>>
>> Edmund
>
> I came to ArgyllCMS since both the profiles created with EFI and EyeOne SW
> as well as the Epson profiles were not really satisfying.
> I used Argyll for all of my color prints with the R2400 for more then 2
> years and was always satisfied. Profiles were created with version 1.2.1 or
> below.
>
> For me, most important are predictable prints rather than maintaining "true"
> colors from sensor to display or print. And this I got both for profiles
> created with the actual (R3880) and older Argyll versions (R2400) as well as
> for the original R3880 Epson profile. So, in my eyes, they are all very good
> profiles.
>
> The different blue interpretation in the argyll and the epson profiles for
> the R3880 I recognized from a test image. This contains 2 BW images and 2
> color images with mainly skin tones as well as some color ramps. For the BW
> and color images no significant differences for the prints done with both
> the Epson and Argyll profiles were detectable. The different blues I
> recognized from the color ramps. So I just compared (on screen) a real world
> photo with dominating sky blue - and I was very surpized: The proof with the
> Argyll CMS did change the color impression only marginal while the proof
> with the Epson profile more significantly changed the appearance. With this
> in mind, I see the Argyll profile on the top.
>
> So it seems to be that Epson applied some adjustments to improve the
> reproduction of blues accordingly to a common "taste"?
>
> Best regards
>
> Uli
>
>
>
>
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