Howtek D4000 and colormanagement

[Bert Vliegen]

Hi,
I recently bought a Wolf Faust IT8 target for my Howtek D4000 and using Aztek's DPL PRO. I'm interested in how you manage your colormanagement with your drumscanner such as the Howtek D4000/4500. Who can give me some advice in this matter?
Many thanks,
Bert

[bob carnie]

Lenny Eiger would probably be the best person here to answer this question.

[Tyler Boley]

you need software to build the profile from the scanned IT8. I'm assuming once done you can set DPL to recognize it, but it can't build it.

[Bert Vliegen]

Hi, I have Ezcolor and build the profile with it. So would you assign in DPL?

[Lenny Eiger]

There is a section under Preferences for color management.

Have fun!

Lenny

[Bert Vliegen]

Lenny,
Is that the way I should go?

[Bert Vliegen]

So what I'm currantly doing is assign the profile in PS and convert to a Joseph Holmes space. Is that a correct way or is there an other option?

[Tyler Boley]

that's a fine (and correct) way to go, or you could find settings in DPL that do that for you perhaps.

[Lenny Eiger]

Lenny,
Is that the way I should go?

Bert,

It's a fine way to go. However, I prefer the Custom CMS option you have in the Pro version. I balance each negative, color or b&w using Histogram and Curves. Then I create a CMS based on those settings, which amounts to a custom profile for that image. An IT8 profile is not required, altho' you will find people that would disagree. This is the advice I got from Phil Lippincott, who designed it all, and its worked well for me.

Lenny

[onnect17]

So what I'm currantly doing is assign the profile in PS and convert to a Joseph Holmes space. Is that a correct way or is there an other option?

Bert,
I do exactly what you are doing. I prefer PS color management to do the conversion because it offers better control.
And make sure your display is calibrated.
BTW, the version of EZColor included with the Epson v700/v750 also works with non Epson scanners.