[argyllcms] Re: New application - ArgyllPRO ColorMeter
- From: <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:50:44 -0000
OK, good - at any rate for the Nexus I have mine on order.
For the wiki, what I can do is to set up a test one and we can see how it
works. I really see it as supplementing your documentation (which is
excellent, but which can't cover all usage scenarios obviously).
For example, I probably know enough now to produce a fairly basic page on
"Printer Profiling with i1Pro", which would include the required Perl script
to do things like automatically working out the number of A4 or Letter-size
pages, recommend number of patches, optionally ask for a conditioning
profile and so on. And with a basic explanation of what the script and
commands are doing. You or another expert user could then correct any
errors / make useful additions, extend the page to cover other instruments
... that sort of thing.
I could also probably produce a page on what is going on in a profiling
workflow - but there are certainly areas that I'm still quite unclear about,
which another user (or you) could fill in.
But there are loads of things that Argyll can do and that I have no idea
about ... but would really like to know about, and which hopefully others
can contribute.
The main issue that I see, from your point of view, is whether or not you
will be prepared to act as the main editor/authority, or whether there is
someone else who knows Argyll really well who could do so (because the one
thing that is not needed is a whole lot of misinformation out there!).
Robert
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From: argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:argyllcms-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Graeme Gill
Sent: 29 October 2014 11:28
To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [argyllcms] Re: New application - ArgyllPRO ColorMeter
robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes, they'll probably bring out a new model - but I assume the 5" one
would
> be OK with ColorMeter?
The screen size shouldn't be a problem - I've developed & tested it
on a variety of screen sizes, and it seems to scale & adjust OK so far.
The USB support is the more hairy part, which is why I
recommend trying with ColorMeterDemo before committing to anything.
I know for instance that a USB bug that's been reported on some
Linux boxes when using the ColorMunki Spectro, also seems to be present
on some (but not all) Android hardware. It's something I'll
have to try and track down and fix if I can (or get the Linux
driver fixed and hope it trickles down to Android).
> I think it would be really fantastic to have an ArgyllCMSWiki (or
> ArgyllWiki) ... which could also cover the ColorMeter, of course.
I guess I'm not very familiar with Wiki's, but I certainly take
the point that I can't cover everything myself, and a Wiki may
well be better for keeping track of the current state of things,
rather than trolling back through a mailing list archive.
> I've checked and both ArgyllCMSWiki.org and ArgyllWiki.org are available.
> I've also downloaded MediaWiki and I would be happy to set up the wiki on
my
> own website (at least temporarily). But, if you are interested, the
domain
> should be in your name.
I'll look into it.
> This would be a great resource for people like me who would really like to
> be able to use Argyll properly but lack the background knowledge; it also
> might free you up from the endlessly repeated questions from new users;
Actually, I don't find that too bad. The majority of the time when someone
asks a "dumb" question, it indicates that the documentation isn't as good as
it should be, so if I fix the doco in response, I seem to get fewer
questions
in the future.
Graeme.
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