Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Hello All,

After calibration (with fine results!!!) my screen with SPIDER2 and my
photoprinter with PrintFixPRO, the next "project" is my scanner.
Scanning the messages did not give any results for scanner profiling
so I have to beg for your expert knowledge in this field.
The scannerdriver that came with the device can handle profiles.
How, and with what kind of hard/soft-ware, can I make a profile for my
scanner.
Have a nice day!
Wim

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Wim van Leeuwen" <wimvanleeuwen@...> 
wrote:
> After calibration (with fine results!!!) my screen with SPIDER2 and my
> photoprinter with PrintFixPRO, the next "project" is my scanner.

Hi

I'd say you have done the important two...

Once you get into scanner profiling or (even more so) camera profiling you
are getting into areas where many would debate the cost effectiveness of
the results. 

I use Vuescan with my film scanner, and Ed Hamrick does an excellent job
of incorporating device characteristics into the product. That said, I've not
shot any film for a couple of years, but it copes well on the rare occasions
that I get some negs out of the archive to scan.

To profile a scanner/camera you need to get a target of sufficient quality
and some software to use it. I've looked at some systems in the past and
have some results and discussions that might be of interest at:
http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews.html

It is nice to know that you can calibrate your scanners and cameras, but just
how and when that is a benefit, is something you need to consider...

bye for now
Keith Cooper

PS I'd suggest that to formulate a reasonable answer to that question you
should at least read (-and- understand) a book like Bruce Fraser's Real World
Color Management. At least then you will have a good chance of navigating
your way round some of the uninformed nonsense that occasionally pops up
on the web ;-)