Re: Multi-Spectral Imagery to Detect Deterioration

[Bill Fernandez <bill_sub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2:49 PM -0400 12-4-02, East75th wrote:
>Bill:
I hope you noticed the other theme of the story: that a truly 
objective method would result in images that are deemed to be flat 
and unappealing and thus unlikely to attract widespread commercial 
application...

Dane--

I'd assumed that "flat and unappealing" would be the natural result 
of comparing the limited-gamut pigments of the "old masters" to 
todays vibrant colors that blast at us from TV and print ads.

Personally, I'd love to have full spectrum, scene-accurate data from 
my digital cameras and scanners.  It would give me better, more 
complete raw material to modify in Photoshop to meet my editorial or 
artistic needs.  Instead of using different films for high-key, 
low-key, portraits, landscapes, etc. I'd just apply Photoshop curves 
that have the same effect.  Also, if my scanners/cameras could see 
the full spectrum I wouldn't have so much trouble with creating input 
profiles, and wouldn't get color dropouts where the scene 
emits/reflects a different set of light wavelengths than the 
scanner/camera is sensitive to.

--Bill
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