
'Photoshop Artistry' by Barry Haynes and Wendy Crumpler has a few chapters on the subject. I'd suggest getting a book on the subject. If you also do your own prints, then ideally you should have a printer profile for each type of paper you print on.Ĭreating profiles and using them correctly can be a little complicated when starting. Working with a calibrated monitor is a good start. > Apart from IT8 profiling do I need to do anything else to get as high color consistency as possible? It will convert the inaccuracies in the scanned colors back to what was contained on your original negative (ideally). Your ICC profile is then used when you scan in one of your negatives or slides.
IT8 TARGET IN TUSCALOOSA SOFTWARE
The profiling software (Vuescan for example) will generate a file that accounts for the difference between the known colors and the scanned results. (The 'known colors' are contained in a file that is shipped with the IT8 target). You create a profile by scanning in a known target (IT8) You use software to compare the scanned image to the known colors contained in the target. Scanners may be inaccurate when it comes to scanning in colors from a film. To sum things up, the idea behind creating a profile is as follows. Since each type of film has different density/color characteristics, ideally you want to create a profile for each type of film. > I really don't know why there are different targets made on different films.Įach film type and individual scanner produces results that may be inaccurate when compared to the original slide/negative. Vuescan has a utility to create profiles. You scan in the target and use s/w to generate an ICC profile. Translations in context of 'Kodak-IT8-target' in English-German from Reverso Context: Those who buy a flat bed scanner with SilverFast Ai will not get a Kodak-IT8-target but a non-transparent Fuji-IT8 target for accomplishing the calibration.


Thomasz - The IT8 targets are used to make an icc profile for your scanner. > What about ICC profiles, do I need them?
