Message
Re: [colorvision_group] Tag or not to Tag?
2008-05-05 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 5/5/08 8:03:23 AM, rschoner@... writes:
When printing, proofing and evaluating images should they be "Tagged"?
Tagged...
I notice that your test images are untagged so I get a warning when I
open them in PhotoShop for Proofing.
That is for internal purposes. If you wish to use our test images in Photoshop, copy the test image folder to another location, and open each of the images in the new folder in AdobeRGB. Save them as tagged AdobeRGB Tiffs (to avoid a second generation of Jpeg compression). We put a copy of the overall image Matrix into the test image folder, properly tagged. Its best not to fool with the test images buried deeper in our software, as any changes you might inadvertantly make to them will effect SpyderProof or could cause error conditions in the software.
Other test images that I have are
tagged with Adobe RGB or sRGB or something. Tagging your images or
untagging the other images changes the proofing and printing results.
So should I tag or not (I guess I'm really not very clear what a tag
does for/to an image)?
Tagging properly produces the same result as assuming the correct tag, by having that as the default RGB workingspace when opening the files; which in this case would be AdobeRGB.
C. David Tobie
WW Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor
CDTobie@...
www.datacolor.com/Spyder3
**************
Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food.
(http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)