In a message dated 1/13/00 2:53:27 PM, rafeb@channel1.com writes: >> It has buttons for different black generation settings, which can be >helpful, >> and a slider that can be used to enhance contrast and saturation. This >is to >> allow profiles to resemble WiziWYG profiles, where this type of enhancement > >> is built in, not an option. > > >Interesting comment, C.D. > >Are you suggesting that Wizi produces an "enhanced" >profile... and that other profiling packages (Matchlock, >Monaco) produce a more neutral image? > Perceptual intent is open to interpretation, some software designers simply choose to interpret more than others... check out the piece of fruit in the Photodisc image between the binoculars and the sunflower... through other profiles it generally prints as a tomato, WiziWYG makes a very nice apple out of it. And how about those markers in the cup at the top, are they realisticly bright, or a bit surrealisticly bright? This flair at fully saturated colors is an excellent device to make vector art that is being printed (inapporpriately , but some programs can't vary this) through the perceptual intent appear nice and bright, but the compromise is that saturated colors in photos can be on the verge of being *too* bright. It's very much a matter of taste; people have complained that EZ Color didn't produce images as pretty as WiziWYG's... C. David Tobie Design Cooperative CDTobie@designcoop.com - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.