Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Thanks for the reply CD,

Yes I was aware that xrite owns munsell stuff, but..I was not aware
that a standard like that could owned totally by someone. That would
be like someone owning the LAB standard. Or the color wheel. Really
strange...But what is the chances of incorporating something like
Ishare into PFP for light spot color work? not necessary munsell data
but to HSB or something that could be used for light color design to
integrate spot color measurements on paint to different color design
arangements. This could be saved as a .aco photoshop swatch file that
will also open in painter.

What I am doing measuring paint is building my own mixing formulas for
bulk industrial house paint pigments from the home depot based on the
color wheel. This is for my background painting. That is why I am
converting to munsell. This is what some photographers do during the
slow months that cant afford to go to Florida yet.


Randy

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
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> 
> In a message dated 2/26/07 1:35:45 PM, rlphoto@... writes:
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> > Anyway I was wondering, if there was a better way to get munsell from
> > the LAB numbers that PFP puts out.
> > 
> > Now Xrite makes a free program that lets you use there spectro for
> > doing spot color work called Ishare that allows the spectro to be used
> > for some basic spot color work. It would be nice if colorvision would
> > do something similar in an upgrade or something.
> > 
> This is a pretty unusual spot-color system (based on Munsell color
chips, of 
> course), and you are the first customer to aske for Munsell numbers.
Munsell 
> is owned by Gretag, which is now owned by X-Rite, so its a color
system owned 
> by the competition... so I would not expect to see us offering
Munsell values. 
> Sorry! The Gretag website includes a free utility for converting
Munsell 
> values, which is Windows only, and listed as supporting Windows fro
95 to XP. It 
> claims to be outdated demoware when I install it under Vista....
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
> 
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