Hi everyone,
I have been quietly reading this forum for a bit, and I already learned a lot here, so thank you all for this ! Today I have an issue with creating profiles with i1Profiler.
I am using an Epson SC-P600, mostly with Luster paper. I was using Epson's Metallic Luster Profile v2, but I wanted a profile that would be more accurate ( I always thought that Epson's profile was too magenta in the skin tones and a little crazy in the Reds). I recently bought an i1Photo Pro 2 kit and started playing with it.
After creating my first profile in i1Profiler with a 3000 patches target, it was clear very early on that there was a serious issue with the colors of the generated profile, both while soft proofing and also on the final print. My first observations were a lack of contrast, lack of saturation and a reduced gamut, especially in the green tones. This has been confirmed upon comparing i1Profiler's profile with the Epson one in ColorSync (I attached the screenshots of these, along with a print comparison).
While scanning the targets, I noticed that all green patches that were more saturated seemed to already have an important visual delta in i1Profiler.
Here is what I tried so far to resolve the problem :
- I generated profiles with i1 Profiler both in single and dual scans (for OBC paper and without);
- I tried with i1Profiler v3.4.2 and v3.5;
- I ran i1Diagnostics on the i1Pro2 (everything looked fine);
- I noticed that the profile optimization feature produced a larger gamut in the blue tones, but reduced contrast and lifted the black point even more (this was with a 3000 patches optimization target);
- I tried using the profile both in Photoshop 2022 and Capture One 21, with the same results;
- I tried using the profile to produce prints both on a M1 MacBook Pro and a Intel MacBook Pro;
- Soft proofing was made on a calibrated monitor.
I am far from being an expert on this, so there is probably something I missed - However I am a bit stuck at the moment, hence this (lengthy) post. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Cheers
Link to pictures :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/98eeh3e07a5wcil/AAAPvBo1SkMb3z2NlN6yEZICa?dl=0