David T: I have some suggestions...
I would think that the program could monitor the
reading for a given patch and 'flag' it if it is too far out of bounds with what
the expected reading was. This would be easy if the colors were far apart in the
spectrum, but still possible to at least flag by beeping or surrounding the
patch w/ red outline to indicate it is a suspect. Also, at times, esp when I was
trying to read quickly I would get a 'dbl-click' on the same patch - what this
does is put the same reading in two successive boxes, requiring me to go back a
square and read the proper target - if a reading taken is within a tolerance of
the previous reading or time limit (ie no one can read two successive patches in
3 seconds) the app should flag it.
Lastly, when trying to look over the the entire
target, after I am done, for obvious 'mis-reads' it can be tough to
identify them against the actual target - I usually hold it up to the monitor
and compare.
- I don't have the software in front of me but in
the option to view the the whole square as it was read (not pure or split view)
- it would be great if in each sq the actual three read values were able to be
toggled on, next to the expected values. And even better if a suspected mis-read
was hi-lited in red (ie, same reading as prev box, or outside the expected
values)
Thanks,
Doug
----- Original Message -----From: CDTobie@...Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:48 AMSubject: Re: [colorvision_group] good results but need help tweaking
In a message dated 3/8/06 3:08:28 AM, kenchow@... writes:
Problem 1: shadows a bit dark
Try brightness and contrast sliders...
But using a media setting that has better distinction in the darks at the Media Setting Check stage is probably a good idea too...
Problem 2: on the photodisc.com test image the grey ramp on the right
has a horizontal band of cyan about halfway down the page that
interrupts the transition; the band is about the thickness of the
apple in the photo
Use the saturation intent to print your image. Cyan band will disappear. Don't ask why; when I figure that out, I'll let you know. Changing intent is a stardard trick for sidestepping such issues, but of course, at our end, we want to avoid them instead...
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com