Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Though written, like much Twain, a bit peevishly...

C. D. Tobie
Global Product Technology Mngr.
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
Datacolor.com
CDTobie@...

On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:33 PM, "John Vitollo" <jvlist@...> wrote:

> --- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...>  
> wrote:
>>
>> Intents, for the most part, decide how to print "unprintable" colors.
>> If you can't reach that particular taxi-cab yellow, what available
>> yellow would you prefer? The brightest one possible (Saturation
>> intent), or the most literal one possible even if its rather dull
>> (Relative Colorimetric), or one where all your other colors are
>> blindly desaturated in case the cab yellow, or some other color, may
>> exceed the printer's reach, so that all the desaturated colors will
>> have appropriate relations to one another, even if none of them are
>> literally correct (Perceptual, though we don't do it that way!)
>>
>> C. David Tobie
>> Global Product Technology Manager
>> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
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> The above is the best explanation of color intents that I have ever  
> read!
>
> Watch out Mark Twain!
>
> John
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