[Openicc] maximum colour conformity

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 14.04.07, 23:13 +1000 schrieb Graeme Gill:

> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > I think that this depends entirely on the application requirements. Always
> > converting to a properly-designed "working" colorspace prior to processing
> > ensures that options and algorithms produce visually consistent results.
> 
> Well an application can certainly operate this way, but it will
> not be regarded very seriously by those interested in image
> fidelity.  Consistency amongst algorithms is a somewhat
> tangential issue. With sufficient care it's possible to have
> algorithms (if one chooses) that operate consistently,
> irrespective of what colorspace the image is stored in.

Users tent to have workflows. Doing things a custom way means doing it 
often less aprooved. Converting to a special colour space by hand or 
by a set of additional commands is not very nice. Such users are very 
likely to have all consistent and convert into on single space. 

Does not even some larger picture agencies require one single colour space 
for the whole collection?
Staying with that example, I am in doubt a picture agency would be 
satisfied with the Home+Office policy. But they had to select or create a 
own one, possibly with L-Star/ECI/Adobe RGB as their target.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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developing for colour management 
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