I'm profiling Costco Kirkland Glossy photo paper for the Epson R1900.

Bob

Yes, I'm using the black background. I cut out a new print target with about 1/16 inch white around it. Prism target exp 244, 9x, -- Print target exp 249, 7x no gray clipped. Generated profile. Printed test image that comes with Profile Prism. Prints in general and skin tones look very good. One obvious difference from profiles I've generated using version 8 is that the color gradients go less to red at the ends than they did before. Don't know if this is due to 8 vs 8.4 or some other factor.

I was following the thread concerning printing using Perceptual vs Relative Colorometric rendering so tried RC for the first time. With RC rendering ends of gradients go to red and overall saturation is increased dramatically. Will have to try on real life prints.

Thanks

Bob

Vuescan. Originally with Prism target got exposure 247, 24X, Printer target exp 241, 12X. I didn't have any white border on the printer target so I cut a piece of the blank photo paper and included in scan. Then for Prism target got exp 230, 21X, for Printer target exp 223, 2X.  I then used 8 scans and your set up. Prism target exp 234, 10X, Printer target exp 228, 2X. I think it is the multiple scans that helped. In no case were any grays clipped.

Probably not necessary but I reprinted the printer target so I can cut it with a 1/8 inch white boarder and will make the final profile.  Should I be concerned about Exposure being only around 230, or 10X's on the Prism Target?

Thanks, Bob

I have both Vuescan and the Canon software that came with the Lide 210. For those of you that have both programs, which do you use for printer profiling? I have both set up so I can use Twain import via 32 bit Photoshop 5.1 on a 64 bit PC. When I try to setup with Vuescan twain I don't have the output options recommended in the Prism help file. I don't have any file type options on the output tab. When I open Vuescan itself outside of Photoshop I see all the file formats including "raw file type" and "48 bit RGB". Should I not bother with Photoshop twain import?

If the Canon software is preferred are the settings posted somewhere?

I've used Profile Prism sucessfully in the past but I don't use it very often. Now with a new PC, scanner and software I'm trying to avoid the trial and error approach while setting up a new standard protocol .

Thanks for your help.

 

I have the same issue with Canon 70D RAW files, so I try not to open RAW file folders in Qimage at all. When I click on one of these folders in error I can't stop the process of thumbnail building in order to open another folder. I must force the program to close. There is an option Under "Thumb/cache builder" to " Stop RAW Cache Builder" but it doesn't have any effect --actually the button is "grayed out and inactive most of the time when the cache is building.  Is there a way to stop the building of the RAW cache once it is initiated?

I didn't realize it was a stand alone program. I thought it was an integral part of Qimage Ultimate, which I have.  I guess I'll keep downloading the way I have been. Thanks for the response.

Can I set up Flashpipe to download files automatically when I put a card in my reader without opening Qimage.  If not that would be a great feature to have. That's the way I have my system set up using Downloader Pro but want to switch to Flashpipe.

Thanks! Very useful feature. I've never used the middle button for anything but scrolling. I'm sure there are a lot of other features in Qimage that I haven't found even though I've used the program for many years. Live and learn .

Subtle difference. More basic question. In the video, clicking on a thumb shows "instaview". When I click on a thumb nothing happens :' How do you turn this feature on?

 I made profiles for Costco paper and the R1900 using  Vue scan and the Canon Lide 80. Used either NCA or color controls (aRGB, gamma 2.2) in print driver.  Numbers looked quite good: for NCA Target exp 243, 5 max/min, no gray clipped. Profile #s 240, 3, 79.9, 15.3- only concern was the RGB values 38-255, 26-255, 26-255. For color controls target exposure 246, max/min 8, no gray clipped. Profile #s 246, 3, 80.8, 15.3- RGB values 0-255, 0-255, 0-255. So color controls looks like a better choice. Is that correct?
When I printed the prism test picture, the red square in the 36 square color chart printed quite orange.  Is this expected from the Lide 80? Any suggestions on editing #s needed to correct this?
I edited the NCA profile and improved the red, however hoping I can do better. I’d like to apply the same corrections to the Color Controls profile, however I didn’t write down the changes I made.
After editing a profile and saving the modified profile, when you go to edit profile at a latter date is there a way to see the actual adjustments that you made on the sliders in the adjustment window? If not I would sure like to see that feature in the future.
Sorry for the long post. Haven’t used Prism in quite a long time and I remember the learning curve was quite steep for me, but this time through no issues. Great program!

I've been printing TY CDs/DVDs for years and have also wished I could profile. They look very good but could be better with a profile. I'd venture to say that people look at the cd/dvds as much as the 4x6s I hand out. I however understand it's a limited market and probably not worth your effort. No complaints here. Prism and Qimage are outstanding programs!

I haven't been able to set up non-unicode Chinese fonts, but have a satisfactory work around to complete my project. Will do Chinese characters in Photoshop on a blank background, save as tiff files, and then add these to photo pages using Qimage. I can then re-size and position the text where I want it. Really not much of a problem.
Thanks for your help.   Bob

The Chinese fonts are "true type".  They don't indicate whether they are unicode or non-unicode. I assume they are unicode since they don't work. I'll try to find non-unicode Chinese fonts to download.  Thanks,

Bob

Mike,
 I really don't have any idea what I'm using. Will try to figure it out.
I hope someone who has Chinese working will reply. This project is for my wife so I really need to succeed     
Thanks for the reply.    Bob

I can't add Chinese floating text. The Chinese characters appear in the text box, but the preview above it shows ?? and when I add the text to the page I only see question marks. I can add Chinese text to prints using  Photoshop without any problem. I'm sure I have something set up wrong.. Any ideas?