You were kidding, weren't you, Laurie???
Hersch
At 01:27 PM 04/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Hmmm! I do not know too many children that Einstein explained his theory of
>relativity to who truely understood it and all its mathematical
>formulations. :-) Just because one can explain something in the grossly
>popularized fashion so that a child can get the general gist of the concepts
>does not mean that they have explained it or that it is truely understood by
>child or adult, explainer or explainee. ;-) Sometimes, things are not
>explainable, articulatable, or effable not so much due to their complexity
>as to the fact that the underlying notions and conceptions present an alien
>version of reality which those not open to accepting it by bracketing their
>beliefs in their own versions of reality and calling those assumptions into
>question as problematic will have trouble comprehending the edifice that is
>built upon that substructureal foundation.
>
>Maybe this is the case with color management and color correction theories
>and procedures.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Michael Moore
>Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:05 AM
>To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: ColorCorrectionLink
>
>
>Tony: This was a test... I believe it was Einstein who said that if you
>cannot
>explain a complex concept to a child, then you do not truly understand it
>yourself.... :)
>
>Mike M.
>
>
>Tony Sleep wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:57:05 -0600 Michael Moore (miguelmas@qwest.net)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > If anyone who thinks they understand it well enough to explain it to a
> > > child wants to share that understanding, I would be most grateful...
> >
> > Fraser is a star, presenting dreadful technical material with amazing
> > clarity and eloquence. I don't think it's at all a difficult article, so
> > long as you understand the stuff he doesn't go into there - profiling etc.
> > If you don't, the solution is to read more Fraser features about the stuff
> > that seems confusing (lots at Creative Pro), or buy his books.
> >
> > However, since I have now demeaned your intellectual ability and
> > slovenliness <g>, I had better offer a quick precis :
> >
> > When reprofiling, use the 'perceptual intent' rendering method except when
> > one of the other choices works better. In which case use that.
> >
> > :-))
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tony Sleep
> > - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner
> > info & comparisons
