Re: FWIW: Channel Mixer 2 The Rescue

[CDTobie@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/12/00 9:01:08 AM, rafeb@channel1.com writes:

>>In a message dated 1/12/00 2:37:03 AM, rafeb@channel1.com writes:
>>
>>>I noticed that the gamut-warnings were all
>>>screaming at me in CMYK space.  Cyan was 
>>>maxed out at near 100%.  In RGB space, the red 
>>>channel was near zero.  No self-respecting
>>>fan of Dan Margulis would make this mistake.
>>
>>So you are in RGB, printing to an RGB printer, but using the default CMYK
>
>>values from Photshop to judge the output? What a crap-shoot! I agree you
>may 
>>have out of gamut Cyans, but this is not an appropriate way to judge them!
>
>
>I think you miss the point, C.D.  My first
>indication that something was amiss was my
>eyes.  I've reported the cyan issue in the
>last umpteen posts, since I've been messing
>with Wizi...  Being a big admirer of Wizi
>(one can't miss your endorsement at the
>Praxisoft site) perhaps you weren't taking
>these comments or observations seriously.
>
>Normally, I don't give a hoot about the CMYK
>readings in Photoshop.  It wasn't just that
>cyan was maxed out, but the R channel in 
>RGB was near zero, in most of the sky.
>
>So here I am... with a cyan problem.  And
>Photoshop is screaming at me with those 
>out-of-gamut warnings.  The tool is trying 
>to tell me something... maybe I should listen.  
>Anyway, that's how I took it, and I'm glad I did.
>
>Odd that you would find fault with this,
>but that's not the issue.  The *cyan* was
>the issue, and now it's blue.  Or do you
>have a problem with any solution associated
>with the name "Dan Margulis?"  <GG>
>
>Bottom line is, with the Epson driver, 
>un-profiled, I was just plain lucky. The
>Wizi profile pushed it over the edge.
>Paying attention to the gamut limits 
>(while sacrificing almost nothing) made
>the skies look real again, and make my
>Wizi profiles useful.
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