Yes I confirm your thoughts, Relative shows little difference absolute is ways off. Thanks Klaus On 19.01.2010 18:26 Uhr, "Gerhard Fuernkranz" <nospam456@xxxxxx> wrote: > Klaus Kompatscher wrote: >> Dear All >> >> Did try to create profile for custom illumination: >> - Measured light with I1 with special diffuser; Got measurements in cxf >> format (file attached)ite >> - Made a profile with Profile Maker White point looks good >> - Copied spectral values to ref. D50_1.5.sp file and renamed DalTile... >> (file attached) >> - made a profile ./colprof -v -i >> /Applications/Argyll_V1.1.0/ref/DalTileLichtI1.sp -kp 0 .3 1 1 .8 -r 2 -L >> 100 -l 280 G60_G07_5cc >> >> White point calculated by Argyll is fare off from the real. >> Visually it does not correspond at all. >> PM white point: Lab 87 0 2 >> Argyll white point: Lab 88 5 30 >> > > I guess this is likely once again caused by different interpretations of > different profile vendors regarding how the the media white point should > be recorded in (V2) profiles; i.e. whether to record the absolute XYZ of > media white under the given illuminant versus recording the > illuminant-to-D50-adapted XYZ numbers. As long as the light source is > D50, there won't be a difference, but your light source is a different > one... > > If my assumption is true, then visually I'd only expect a huge > difference for absolute intent, but I'd not expect so much difference > between the two profiles when applying them with relative colorimetric > intent. > > Regards, > Gerhard > >> I also tried to interpolate the spectral values to get 5 nm steps from 370 >> to 730 but did not change anything. >> >> Why this big difference? >> What means Spectral_Norm in the Spectral illumination file? >> >> Thanks for any help >> >> Klaus Kompatscher >> >