Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@...> wrote:
>

> There is one other issue with grayscale handling.  Some editing,
image processing
> programs themselves do not handle grayscale image files.  This
includes some 
> majors ones like: InDesign, Lightroom, Aperture and Qimage.

I asked Jonathan Saks, the author of PictureWindowPro, whether PWP
recognized gray scale ICC's.  His answer was, "No it does not.
However, a gray profile is just a curve."

I keep seeing the mention of ICC's with imbedded curves.  (I don't
think this is what Jonathan meant, IMO.)  Is an "ICC with imbedded
curves" an ICC plus a curve or a completely self-contained ICC?  What
is meant by "ICC with imbedded curves"?

Thanks, Roy and Tobie, for the very enlightening conversation!