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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: Levels Adjustments
2006-11-03 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 11/2/06 12:15:23 AM, jpgentry@... writes:
I really appreciate the time you've taken to respond but that one
sailed over my head. I wasn't referring the paper... I said what
is "on the artists paper" meaning the ink, pencil or whatever the
image is. Not to say that that is part of the digital system, only
that I want the digital system to recreate it accuratly.
I deal with B/W and color. In both cases I need to adjust the levels
to make the colors darker in order to even come close to the
original. I am just trying to identify the cause of this. Where am
I loosing the "punch" of the image in my digital process. My guess
is it's something with the scanner or color managment of it.
The scanner can't know the density of paper white in your image, or the density of media black. These are easy enough to set by hand, and there is no allowance for this in scanner profiling; scanner profiling only pertains to the media the scanner targets are made through: meaning photochromes and photoprints. Not negatives, not artwork. ICC process doesn't cover color managing either of these. Thats why learning to make these adjustments in either the scanner software (with a good monitor profile) or Photoshop after raw, hight bit scanning (also with a good monitor profile) is the way to go for most artwork.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com