On 09/17/03 8:09 PM, "robg@wordweb.com" <robg@wordweb.com> wrote:
> "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com> wrote:
>> How does the color calibration in VS work?
>
> The scanner profiles are generated by Ed. The film profiles are from the
> Kodak PhotoCD profile set ie. the profiles which the Kodak scanner uses
> when making PhotoCDs. That's why (sadly) there's no profiles for the new
> Fuji films. :(
>
> Using a target would be fine for making a scanner profile, but only for
> the type of film used by the maker of the target. I think the Kodak target
> is Ektachrome slide film?
>
> Rob
>
> PS My knowledge of Vuescan is out of date - I noticed elsewhere in the most
> recent digest there was mention of ICC profiles. What I've said above was
> true for older versions of Vuescan, but only Ed would be able to say what
> the current situation was.
Recent versions of Vuescan contain provisions for building custom ICC
scanner profiles and custom ICC film profiles, using IT8 reference targets.
This is mentioned in the User's Guide (although the explanation is terse,
and may not be adequate for people unfamiliar with how these profiles are
built and used):
Good quality IT8 targets (on various films) can be purchased from Wolf
Faust:
You can still choose to use Vuescan's built-in profiles, but the set of
films is out of date and incomplete.
Furthermore, Vuescan is now capable of loading and using custom ICC monitor
profiles. If your monitor is profiled (with Colorvision Spyder or
equivalent), Vuescan's displays will be about as accurate as Photoshop's.
There is also a provision for building custom printer profiles, although
some people are reporting disappointing results from this (I have not tried
it).
--
Julian Vrieslander <julianv@mindspring.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe by mail to listserver@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe
filmscanners'
or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or
body
