Datacolor User to User Support Group.

So when can we get our hands on it?

Randy Laskody

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> I promised more than one person, on one or another of these lists
(can't 
> quite manage to keep my lists straight...) that I'd post the
official description 
> of PrintFIX PRO 2.0 when that was possible. Here it is. Yes, this is
a bit 
> marketing oriented, but its the materials that will be the basis for
most of what 
> gets published at Photokina, so you might as well see the original,
accurate, 
> version; as it may be watered down by the time it gets released
elsewhere. 
> I'll try to field any questions, but time is getting tight before
leaving for 
> Cologne.
> 
> PrintFIX PRO 2.0 Features and Functions
> Gallery Quality Prints in Color, Neutral Black and White, and Tinted B&W
> 
> • New Highlight and Shadow Detail Sliders allow easy user control
of Punch 
> and Detail in Shadows, and in Highlights. Especially useful for
reducing clogged 
> shadows with Matte and Fine Art papers.
> 
> • New Gray Axis Algorithm offers user selection of Absolute Grays
or Paper 
> Relative Grays. This allows more effective and pleasing grays on a
range of 
> media, for a range of uses.
> 
> • New Extended Grays Target allows users to add precision gray and
near gray 
> data to profiles, enhancing quality of Tinted and Black and White
output. This 
> produces exacting, high detail, gray control and unprecedented
neutrality. 
> 
> • New Curves Import Function allows users to import .acv format
grayscale or 
> RGB curves sets. This feature users to finetune B&W Tinting curves
in their 
> Image Editor; then once finalized to apply these adjustments to the
profile, 
> rather than to each individual image. 
> 
> • New Curves Import Function will also allow visual editing of
PrintFIX PRO 
> profiles in Image Editors, with live preview of the effect the
adjustments will 
> have using any RGB sample image.
> 
> • New Advanced Presets will allow users to easily select prebuilt
or custom 
> sets of Advanced Profiles Settings to produce profiles with specific 
> combinations of Highlight Tint, Shadow Tint, Highlight Detail,
Shadow Detail and 
> Neutrality settings. Provided presets include a range of Sepia,
Platinum, Cool, Warm, 
> and Cross-Tint selections.
> 
> • New Profile Softproof Capabilities within the PrintFIX PRO Print
Preview 
> window, allowing users to see the effect of their profile and
profile settings 
> even before they make a test print. This reduces paper and ink
consumption, 
> while speeding the profile tuning process.
> 
> • New Multiple Test Image options: PDI Color Test Image,
ColorVision B&W Test 
> Image, or User Selected Test image. Now users can switch easily from
the 
> standard test images, to their own preferred test image to check
their profile 
> against standard color, standard black and white, and personal images.
> 
> • Compatible with   the Canon’s new 16-bit export module.
Canon’s B&W 
> printing mode is only accessible from the 8 bit driver; PrintFIX PRO
2.0’s workflow 
> is fully compatible with the advanced 16 bit export module for this
printer, 
> producing high-bit color, neutral B&W or tinted B&W prints, complete
with 
> softproof showing the tonality of each profile as it is selected in
the export 
> window.
> 
> • New Flexible Linearization Template, allowing users to measure
and export 
> Linearization Ramps in a wide range of configurations. RIP users can
easily 
> measure and export data for linearization of most any RIP.
> 
> • Special QuadToneRIP® measurement and formatting features for
easy use with 
> QTR and its utilities. QTR has never been easier to custom profile!
> 
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
>