Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Sep 4, 2009, at 1:56 AM, dsainsbu wrote:

> If you "dumb down" the translation tables that put your images up on  
> the screen, how will you know what they would look like on someone  
> elses computer, or on the web?
>
> Is this correct DT?

Thats a correct statement, but the devil is in the details. The user  
in question uses glossy media, which offer deep blacks, and prefers to  
see LCD screen black, not some value moved above LCD screen black, as  
softproofed black, feeling it better represents what his prints show.  
I might not agree, (though I would probably edit in the same  
direction, just not quite as far), since I am used to interpreting a  
less deep screenproof black and what it means for my prints. But for  
someone who wants that very concrete black on screen, then getting the  
OTHER advantages of a softproof (color gamut limiting, paper white  
emulation), without the distraction of what feels like too weak a  
black to them, may be the best compromise. Thats why we call them  
"options"... there is no single right answer. And that users answer  
may actually change when he acquires an Ott-LIte, and starts  
softproofing his images under it.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...