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Re: Unsharp mask was Re: filmscanners: Getting started question
----- Original Message -----
From: Austin Franklin <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: RE: Unsharp mask was Re: filmscanners: Getting started
question
> > >>>> He issued a challenge
> > >>>> (as he often
> > >>>> does) to these consultants to provide details of press shops
> > >> who are using
> > >>>> color management, AKA profiles, for their press, and no
> > consultant (if
> > >>>> anyone would know it would be they, as they'd be setting
> > them up) could
> > >>>> offer any.
> > >>>
> > >>> And you gave me a hard time about my similar belief/comments
on
> > >> profiles for
> > >>> scanners!
> > >>
> > >> I don't believe I've ever heard Dan be quite so demonstrative
against
> > >> anybody *beta-testing* ANYTHING. I don't think I've ever heard
> > >> you *asking*
> > >> if profiles work for anyone.
> > >>
> > >> Todd
> > >
> > > Er, my point in that discussion was that they were not really
very
> > > useful...and other experienced uses chimed in and agreed.
> > >
> >
> > And an equal number of experienced users use 'em.
>
> Show me the posts that supports this. I only remember a few people
chiming
> in and saying that they may use them as a starting point, or as a
newbie,
> they may use them, but I do not recall ANY experienced users saying
they
> used them.
Did you have a look at the thread last month on the Colorsync list
where several experts from around the world (of scanning:) pointed out
the benefits? To paraphrase and condense (by memory), the advantage
has to do with getting more accurate curves (RGB) than possible with
post scan corrections, resulting in final results with more accurate
"internal" color, quite noticable in practice (SOTA level), according
to those posting. No doubt there are those experts (Margulis) who
would still disagree, but with the advent of very high quality color
digital printing (Lightjet and ink jet), Margulis's apparent point of
reference (off set) may no longer be best in the SOTA sense.
Dave
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