Am Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:57:52 +1000 schrieb Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Bernhard Bablok wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is the following procedure possible with the use of argyll-tools? > > > > * print a target (e.g. with targen) > > * create a cht-file for the target > > * take an image with camera A > > * create the reference-file from the image from camera A > > * take a second image with camera B > > * create a profile using the reference-file created with camera A > > > > > > I know this is not really the catholic way, but I want to make the > > colors of camera B look like the colors of camera A. BTW: "camera A" > > could also be a film-camera+film-scanner (even using BW-film). > > Hi, > I'm not sure why you want to deviate from a normal > device space transformation. Simply profile camera A and profile > camera B, and then create an RGB to RGB space transform from > camera B to camera A device space. The transform can be on the fly > using a CMM/cctiff or application, or using a device link (collink). > > ie. to be explicit, you want to emulate this: > > Scene CIE -> camera A processing -> RGB of camera A > -------------- = camera A B2A ------------------ > > with this: > > Scene CIE -> camera B processing -> RGB of camera B > -------------- = camera B B2A ------------------ > > So overall you want this: > > Scene CIE -> camera B processing -> RGB of camera B > -------------- = camera B B2A ------------------ > -> inverse camera B processing -> Scene CIE > -------------- = camera B A2B ------------------ > -> camera A processing -> RGB of camera A > -------------- = camera A B2A ------------------ > > and camera B A2B + camera A B2A is a normal device link. > (This ignores any issues with gamut, white point etc.) > > Graeme Gill. > Hi, would that also work if camera A is a black-and-white film (+scanner)? IMHO, normal profiling for A will always fail, since there are no color-values in the measurement. I'm not through with testing, but taking the script from Iliah I might be able to make the results of camera B to mimic the results of the black-and-white film. Bernhard