Pantone ColorPlus profile - PhotoCamel

oreomitch · 10-18-2006

Hi Guys

I've just installed Windows Color Control Panel applet...

I began playing around comparing color profiles. I also tested Will Crocketts (ShootSmarter.com) claim that the Spyder system doesn't perform (read http://www.shootsmarter.com/infocenter/wccvx.html), which I found to be quite true.

See attched (The gray line represents the ColorPlus profile gammut when compared to the sRGB gammut).

What are your thoughts on this matter.

jfrancho · 10-18-2006

Well, no profile will completely encompass the entire gamut - there will always be a compromise. Not to mention that your monitor can't even display all of sRGB, let alone some of the wider gamut colorspaces such as ColorMatch or ProPhoto RGB. This really shows nothing, unless compared to another profile. Have you compared profiles made with other devices? Can you show us that? I don't have Colorplus, so I can't really comment. My personal comparisons of Spyder2 Pro and comparable device bundles shows they all work about the same at that ~ $300 price point - as one would expect.

Not everyone can afford that, so a budget item is certainly better than nothing.

oreomitch · 10-18-2006

Wasn't sRGB designed/developed to match CRT monitors?

jfrancho · 10-18-2006

Yes and no, it was also intended for TV, video, scanning, and print. See this: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/sRGB.

10-18-2006	#2 (permalink)
jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,439 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Pantone ColorPlus profile Well, no profile will completely encompass the entire gamut - there will always be a compromise. Not to mention that your monitor can't even display all of sRGB, let alone some of the wider gamut colorspaces such as ColorMatch or ProPhoto RGB. This really shows nothing, unless compared to another profile. Have you compared profiles made with other devices? Can you show us that? I don't have Colorplus, so I can't really comment. My personal comparisons of Spyder2 Pro and comparable device bundles shows they all work about the same at that ~ $300 price point - as one would expect. Not everyone can afford that, so a budget item is certainly better than nothing.
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10-18-2006	#3 (permalink)
oreomitch Alpaca Posts: 17 CamelKarma: 11 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Pantone ColorPlus profile Wasn't sRGB designed/developed to match CRT monitors?

10-18-2006	#4 (permalink)
jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,439 CamelKarma: 3070 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Pantone ColorPlus profile Yes and no, it was also intended for TV, video, scanning, and print. See this: http://www.w3.org/Graphics/Color/sRGB. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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