Good day, all ...
I've been lurking around the discussions re: i1Profiler, noting the success and frustrations of others and comparing them with my own. I have an i1 (rev D) and an i1iO table with which I've been successful in the past using iMatch 3.6.n over the last couple of years. I too had run into the general error of "... unable to create profile..." initially. That issue seems to have gone away or at least has not reasserted itself recently.
I continue to run into questions and issues that are not answered in the XRite docs I've seen thus far and are frankly butting up against the limits of my knowledge. I'm hoping that those of you out there that are far smarter than I in this arena can lend some insight and suggestions.
My current issues and questions are as follows:
1) I don't truly understand the differences in application of V2 v. V4 of the ICC. It appears that I get 'darker' resulting images using profiles generated with i`Profiler. In terms of apparent light interpretation to darker, it is: 1) iMatch ICC, 2) i`Profiler ICC v.2 and 3) i`Profiler ICC v.4.
2) When selecting the Profile Settings (Perceptual): - Should I select Custom, Colorful, or Saturation? I'm used to creating various "Logo" varieties in iMatch, but am not sure what or if there really is a default here.
My workflow so far:
• Create Test Chart, 9x9mm targets, 1780 and 4096 charts, non-scrambled
• Print via the Canon Photoshop plug-in with no color management
• Let set for min 24 hrs
• Using i1 and i1iO table, measure the results using i1Profiler
o Have used standard strip mode
o Have used spot x2 sample mode
o Have NOT yet tried averaging (using same read method for multiple reads)
• Lighting setting left at 50K (same as when using iMatch).
• Profile Settings:
o Perceptual: used Custom, Colorful and Saturation( at different points in time to
see what the results would be -- jury is still out on these)
o Tables: Optimize Quality
o Advanced: Default values, except ICC Profile version (Have tried bothV2 and V4)
Thank you in advance for your comments and time!
Jeffrey
Additional technical details:
- i1 (rev D)
- i1iO Table (a year old)
- Windows 7, 64 bit
- Intel i7 260, 18 GB RAM, 5+ TB of disk space
- Cannon ipf-6100 Printer (using Adobe CS5 Canon Print plug-in)
- Epson 9880 Printer (no RIP)
- calibrated and color managed hardware and workflow
