[Scribus] [OT] Re: 'Adobe will release a full feature version of Acrobat for Linux.'

[Hal V. Engel]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 11:52 am, Nathan Turnage wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> ...
>
> > What are your concerns regarding little cms? Which version is install
> > for
> > you?
> >
> > In a side by side session with PS and CinePaint on osX, I had no issues
> > with plain CMYK files. Images appeared nearly identical. To be fair,
> > PDF
> > rendering is obviously different.
>
> I think my problem is more with qtmonitorprofiler. You can only do a
> blanket edit on in the value for each channel. There is no way to
> adjust for the tone of the channel. It is similar to the old profile
> editor that came with PS < 6 for OS9, but IMO, the way that rough
> profiles are created in OSX is much more accurate for setting a monitor
> profile, so you can adjust multiple points on the curve. With the way
> that lcms is currently set up, you are just pulling on the midpoints.
>
> Something that makes me a little uncomfortable doing color correction
> on linux, that some may consider a strength, is the reliance on
> profiles. I really just want to be able to calibrate my monitor
> properly and run without profiles in all but my image editor. Without a
> way to edit the standard profiles in (or outside of) Scribus, I feel
> like I am leaving too much to chance. I don't use any of the standard
> coated or uncoated Adobe profiles for printing.
>
> In PS I use a profile that goes something like this: SWOP coated inks,
> 20% standard dot gain, UCR, black ink limit 85%, total 300. I find no
> way to set up this profile for my images. I do use the standard Adobe
> RGB (1998) profile for RGB. The thing is that unless you have a
> colorimeter to set your own profiles for all your devices, you are
> really just shooting in the dark.
>
> What colorimeters work in linux, and what software do I use to create
> my own profiles?
>
>
>
> ~Nate

The monitor profiler in LPROF also supports the use of a measurement file 
generated by a color meter or a spectrophotometer.  If you have a way to take 
measurements then LPROF will generate a very accurate monitor profile.  If 
you have any ideas about how to improve the rough monitor profiler please 
post these to the LPROF tracker on sourceforge as the development team is 
very much interested in this kind of feedback. 

As Kia-Uwe Behrmann has pointed ArgyllCMS will create measurement files using 
several instruments so it is possible to do all of this stuff in Linux.  Just 
a little more difficult than in other OS's at this point in time.

Hal

Hal