[argyllcms] Re: Combine display and webcam profile

  • From: Jos van Riswick <josvanr@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:37:00 +0200

hi

ok, hmm pitty..

Isn't it possible to 'device-link' the webcam profile and the monitor profile
and then load the monitor profile into the color managed window manager?


jos

> No, it won't work. The calibration alone is not enough to get the colors
> "right". And as the webcam app is not color-managed as you said, it will not
> be able to use a profile anyway, so even trying to create a profile that
> describes the behavior of both devices is moot.


>>  > Sounds adventurous :) You need a color-managed webcam software and
>>  > distinct profiles for camera anord monitor (or a device-link, and a way
>> to
>>  > apply it).
>>  >
>>  > Another option that you could try is using a color-managed
>>  > window-manager (together with a display profile) which assumes sRGB for
>>  > all non-color-managed sources, and then hope that what comes out of the
>>  > webcam software is reasonably close to sRGB. E.g.
>

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