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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] QuadtoneRIP ICC profiling tool

2013-02-18 by Roy Harrington

Hi Ben,

Since grayscale is just one dimension rather than three, the 21 steps
is a lot more
data than most of the color target charts.  (21*21*21 = 9261 for example).

Roy

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 6:27 AM, reallybelgium <albuben@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I discovered the ICC profiling tool in QuadtoneRIP.
> As described, you need to measure a 21-gray target, and produce an ICC profile with these values. (See: http://www.outbackphoto.com/artof_b_w/bw_09/essay.html)
>
> If one wants to make a color ICC profile, he/she has to measure a color chart with several hundreds of patches to get a high quality profile.
>
> My question: I wonder if the quality of such a QuadtoneRIP ICC profile is good enough?? (because of the minimal amount of measured patches).
>
> Ben Albu
>
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