[Openicc] Linux CM ideology .. Linux CM proposal

[Jan-Peter Homann]

Hello Edmund and all,
I disagree, that the problems we have with the implementation of color 
management are based on the ICC model. I believe, that is possible to 
implement ICC based colormanagement in way, that fits the needs of 
users, which don´t want to deal with profile creation and gives the 
power users the possibility to enhance the workflow with individual 
created profiles.

Indeed, the main problem we have currently on Windows and Mac OSX is a 
"chaotic" implementation of ICC based color management on system level, 
in various applications and printer drivers, which don´t interact, or 
which interacts in non wanted ways.

Here at the OpenICC, we have the possibilty to work on better integrated 
solutions. The proposal i have posted at OpenICC wiki
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc (point 9)

has following targets:
- integrating ICC based colormanagement into existing toolkits and Linux 
workflows
- making espacially ICC based printing easy to handle and transparent to 
endusers and developers
- reaching the goals with small steps in developments in currently 
available tools

It would be nice, if you would read the proposal and give some feedback 
and input to make it better.

Let´s cooperate to implement in LINUX the worlwide leading color 
framework based on open and vendor neutral standards.




Am 04.02.11 00:55, schrieb edmund ronald:
> Stefan,
>
> Indeed, "a complex mechanism which in the end is completely understood
> only by the experts." as you say is a good description of the ICC
> model. In the end it has produced not only a difficult user-model, but
> also a programming model which is too complex for non-specialist
> application developers. I would agree that a clean slate approach is
> not only feasible but also desirable on Linux. In the end, what is
> there to lose? Speaking for the print side, Gutenprint will continue
> to put dots on paper whatever the upstream color model happens to be.
>
> Edmund
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