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It's supposed to create a profile that requires Auto correction and setting of white and black points, in which case it still didn't do a perfect job, and the fleshtones are difficult to correct.

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A different gamma is assumed somewhere else in the code for the module, or Silverfast.Ĥ.

A different color temperature is assumed somewhere else in the code for the module, or Silverfastģ.

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The reference file is created using patch reader that uses PC gamma and/or a different color temperature (6500K?9300K?).Ģ. Several possibilities for this dysfunction come to mind:ġ. I use a Colorvision Monitor Spyder and PhotoCal to calibrate, once a week or so. In my case the lightbox, monitor, Photoshop 6 working space (ECI-RGB v1.0), and ColorSync 3.0.3 are set to D50 (5000K), with a gamma of 1.8. I assume that the numbers created by calibration are supposed to work like a series of subtle curve adjustments working in the background to produce a known state, That known state should translate into a prescan that resembles the actual slide on a lightbox at the same color temperature as a calibrated monitor. When I delete the calibration, the prescan looks much more like the actual slide, except for an unacceptable magenta cast which I can't seem to neutralize without creating other casts in other parts of the image, particularly the grays and fleshtones. Ditto increasing the exposure time with the analog gain slider. When I try the calibration with an increased gamma, the highlights and midtones wash out. Another slight improvement is gained by using the pipettes to set the white and black points on the appropriate squares on the grayscale, i.e., the ends within the scan frame. When I click the Auto button, the colors saturate and shift to a just slightly blue shifted state that is much closer to the slide, but still too dark, and the flesh tones do not have the natural quality of the actual slide (too blue? too cyan?). More to the point, the new prescan bears little resemblance, color-wise, to the actual slide as it looks on a 5000k light box. All of the quarter tones in the darker squares look horrible.

The face in the Kodak slide has blocked-up shadows. I get new prescans that are dark, muddy, and shifted to blue. I carefully select the indicated area in the KodakE3Q60 target (yes I cut off a little of the colors) using the magnified prescan.

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I set all of the CMS settings to 'NONE', except as indicated in the manual (Internal=RGB, intent=perceptual). In the Options dialogue, I leave the General settings on the defaults, with a gamma of 2.0 to 2.2 (yes, I've tried all three settings). After finally getting the calibration process to stop hanging on selection of the IT8 reference file (more on that later) I still get a lousy profile. I have attached the resulting images.I am using Ai 5.5.2r02 with a Nikon LS-2000 on a Mac running OS 9.1.2. The uncorrected scan image was so dark I got the 'Not bright enough' error message when I first used the white eyedropper. Typically it was necessary to use the Eyedropper White, Gray and Black tools to balance the gray scale steps at the middle (11) and at each end. Even after a 'successful' Kodachrome IT8 calibration, the result needed further color correction to get the scanned Kodachrome IT8 image gray scale steps within a few RGB units. Automatic seems to be the only way to calibrate.ģ.

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I could not figure out how to do the IT8 calibration in the old manual method.

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If I manually set a frame on the slide, the automatic calibration would also fail and often lock up communication with the Epson 10000XL, requiring the use of the WinXL Pro Task Manager to close PS and SF.Ģ.

It was necessary to delete the manually set frame, remove the Kodachrome IT8 target from the slide holder and place it directly on the glass. Even if I manually set the frame on the slide. The automatic calibration feature is unable to find the IT8 slide if it is in the normal Epson 10000XL 35 mm slide transparency holder. My computer is a Dell 690 Work Station running WinXP Pro. After receiving the new 35 mm Kodachrome IT8 Calibration target and updating to Silverfast 6.6.04c, I thought I would pass on the following obversations.ġ.

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