On Jul 31, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote: > Am 31.07.2012 17:01, schrieb Iliah Borg: >> The reasons why I do not use -as are neutrality issues, and generally shaper >> curve (-aS) tends to result in plugged and noisy shadows. However the damage >> to shadows may be due to how colorsync interprets the shaper curves. > > Clipped shadows in conjunction with -as, -aS and CLUT-based input profiles > can be the result of fitting the profile to the glare which happens to be > present in the shot of the target Generally I agree; but I strongly doubt it is my case. The setup I use is practically glare-free. The behavior can be checked with synthetic targets, having zero flare. > You don't get the blocked shadow issues with -ag and -aG, right? Using -aG, the shadows are OK; -ag has neutrality issues. -ax does not exhibit shadow issues too. -- Iliah Borg ib@xxxxxxxxxxx