[Openicc] Camera Input Profiling etc.

[Hal V. Engel]

On Friday, February 11, 2011 09:31:11 AM Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> I changed your subject line to be more readable.
> 
> Am 10.02.11, 22:11 -0500 schrieb Scott Geffert:
> > As today's digital content needs to flow into and through any and all
> > media it is important that the treatment of color is as seamless and
> > open as possible. From a content creator's perspective images text and
> > illustrations need to flow from layouts to let's say PDFs that will need
> > to display on the web, on multiple tablets and phones and may be printed
> > on offset, or on-demand presses as well as end user printing from
> > laptops and portable devices.
> > 
> > Here are just a few user communities that NEED accurate color:
> > 
> > Manufacturing
> > Advertising
> > Branding
> > Medical Imaging
> > Law Enforcement
> > Museums Galleries
> > Retailers
> > Automotive
> > Scientists
> > Geologists
> > Fashion
> > Printers
> > Digitization Vendors
> > Web developers
> > etc etc.
> 
> I think several people have a good part of these audiences in mind.
> Personally I would add motion pictures and video/tv.
> However our resources are limited to few projects if at all at a time.
> Discussions, like the recent ones here on list, are a very valueable and
> helpful to give things a clearer direction. It happend to be just about
> printing. Maybe because it has a comparedly long history.
> 
> If you feel ready, you can start a own project covering the input side of
> ICC colour management or join a existing project or just discuss it here.
> Perhaps camera, scan and movie people are just lurking and wait for the
> right key words to enter into a discussion. Feel free to open a according
> thread.
> 
> Just remember about last year at LGM and a interessting session about
> DCP colour management. Some aspects around it where discussed including
> its integration into ICC colour management.
> 
> kind regards
> Kai-Uwe Behrmann


In addition we have tools for the input side that are accessable enough for 
many users who are less than color experts.  For example both LProf and 
ArgyllCMS can be used to create camera and scanner profiles and we have RAW 
processing and scanner software that can use these profiles.  So users who care 
about not creating "garbage in" images can do so  right now in fairly straight 
forward ways that do not require a high level of color expertise.  There are 
still things that can be done to improve this part of things and in the long 
run it would be helpful if this were easier for naive users.  But we do have 
working systems for this that can be used by non-experts.

In stark contrast CM in printing work flows are still very primitive and 
requires a much higher level of color expertise since many of the steps must 
be done manually.  In addtion it is much more complex than the input side.  As 
a result the print system is currently nearly impossible for non-expert users 
to color manage.  This complexity and inmaturity are why we are currently 
focused on printing. 

Hal
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