[argyllcms] Re: Gamut mapping (was: tiffgamut feature request)

  • From: "edmund ronald" <edmundronald@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:55:21 +0200

Maybe applying a curve to the S component in HSB space might make sense ...
I don't think PS has such a tool provided.

Edmund

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Klaus Karcher <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> edmund ronald wrote:
>>
>> in fine art one will
>> frequently decide to "burn out" (saturate) some colors which are not
>> deemed significant in order to gain nuances for the other significant
>> colors. This is done at soft-proof time, and is similar to deciding
>> which parts of an image will be dropped into black or burnt to white.
>
> Here comes ImgTarget into play: its ability to "cut down" the source gamut
> to the /relevant/ colors (using Downsampling or Gaussian Blur) is one way to
> achieve what you describe.
>
> More complex, manual gamut manipulations require e.g. Photoshop *and* a wide
> gamut Monitor. "Softproofs" on ordinary displays are not much good in fine
> art reproduction as you usually don't see what you get: often both the
> source and destination gamuts are way larger than the monitor gamut.
>
> Klaus
>
>

Other related posts: