[argyllcms] Re: Capture video card gamma LUT to ICC profile

  • From: Nikolay Pokhilchenko <nikolay_po@xxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:31:52 +0400

04 Feb 2012, 05:41 Benjamin Shadwick wrote:

> 
> There must be some complex stuff going on under the hood, as I did notice 
> that the XYZ values in the Argyll-generated ICM profile are different than 
> the ones in the base profile, and I also noticed that the gamma ramps 
> described by the calibration table stored in the Argyll-generated ICM profile 
> vary slightly from what I dumped from the video card LUT.
> 

I've advice You to tune XYZ values in Argyll-generated ICM by Profile Inspector 
exactly for this reason. You can change XYZs (and gamma too) to their original 
values. This can improve the profile tolerance a bit.

> 
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Benjamin Shadwick wrote:
> 
>  > As for editing the XYZ values, I wouldn't know what I'm doing or why I
>  > should do it. If the argyllcms-generated profile has calculated the XYZ
>  > values based off of the LUT data, then wouldn't that be more appropriate to
>  > use than the XYZ values from the generic profile provided by the monitor
>  > manufacturer for my model of monitor?
> 
> I suspect you are confusing calibration and the profiling.
>  The calibration table will simply be stored in the profile.
> 
>  The Argyll profile is created by looking up the colors in
>  your original profile (ie. sampling the original profile
>  matrix model).
> 
>  Graeme Gill.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> - Ben S.
> 
>    

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