[argyllcms] Re: Cannot get calibration/profiling to yield good results, user error?

From: "Lars Tore Gustavsen" <lars.tore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:01 +0100

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Karl H. Beckers <karl.h.beckers@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm struggling with this display calibration/profiling exercise.
> I have calibrated and created a profile with dispcalGUI using the
> display's native whitepoint, target brightness of 100, gamma 2.4
> (lcd-t-b100-g2.4-f0-k0-qhh-lut). When I load this with -I and -L colours
> are much improved. I look at this:
> http://www.fc-prints.de/fileadmin/daten/fcPrints_Testbild_100ppi.jpg
>
> And I can see both the dark and bright "1" in the image, the colors in
> the flower and the parrot are very natural and strong in the center
> (apple and such).
> When I load the icc profile in Gimp, select color corrected display, and
> open the same jpeg in Gimp, the colors are way to saturated. The red in
> the flower's leaves loses nearly all of its contrast and becomes a shiny
> red blur.
>
> What's wrong here?

I wonder if there is an issue withe the embedded profile in that image
and lcms. Eog gives this error:

eog  fcPrints_Testbild_100ppi.jpg
lcms: Error #12288; Pointer error; probably corrupted file
lcms: Error #12288; profile is unsuitable for input

Regards
Lars Tore Gustavsen

References:
- [argyllcms] Cannot get calibration/profiling to yield good results, user error?
  - From: Karl H. Beckers

[argyllcms] Re: Cannot get calibration/profiling to yield good results, user error?

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