[argyllcms] Re: Shadow detail problem

  • From: Frédéric Mantegazza <frederic.mantegazza@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 17:45:50 +0100

On jeudi 07 février 2008, Dave Wagner wrote:

> I finally resolved my problem.  I was using the sRGB profile from
> http://www.color.org/srgbprofiles.xalter with BPC for my working
> profile in Gimp.  When I used the sRGB profile without BPC, the shadow
> detail returned.
>
> So, here's a final clarification question:  Which combination is
> "correct," assuming that gimp is not doing BPC...
>
> 1) Use sRGB_no_BCP as a source profile to argyll's profile utility AND
> sRGB_no_BCP as the RGB working space?
>
> 2) Use sRGB_with_BPC for profile generation, sRGB_no_BCP for working
> space?
>
> 3) Use sRGB_no_BCP for profile generation, sRGB_with_BPC for the working
> space?

There is something I don't understand: how a profile alone can do BPC? I 
thought this could only be done by the CMM, using source and targer 
profiles...

Am I missing something?

-- 
   Frédéric

   http://www.gbiloba.org

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