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Subject: Re: [OM] Guru or Flack? [was Another sunset sky from Colorado]
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:21:16 -0700
I seem to have missed my point in the below part of my last transmission.

Where I meant to go is that just as one may "neutralize" the 
characteristics of any given film/device with profiles, One should also 
be able to use them to create the look of any particular capture medium 
from any other.

I haven't tried it, as it doesn't fit my interests, but the ability is 
inherent in the mechanism. What software is required, I also don't know, 
although I ran across some a while ago.

Moose
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Moose wrote:
>> Bit-bending isn't the answer to everything. Not all sensors see the 
>> same, just as not all films see the same.  Point your cameras at a 
>> tasseled corn field.  The tassels will appear reddish-brown with 
>> Velvia, yellow with Provia, and tan with Astia.  Digital?  My E-1 and 
>> A1 capture the tassels differently too. Meanwhile, the green leaves 
>> and blue skies may look all the same.
>>   
>
> I'd like to make a distinction here between the tools in editors and 
> ICC profiles The profiles make point comparisons of 228 different 
> color/brightnesses. For example, it doesn't just look at midtone cyan, 
> it looks at cyan at 12 different brightnesses. It's a whole different 
> thing than simple balance to neutral gray midtone. If you look at the 
> examples I've posted before, you'll see how dramatically using a 
> profile may change tonal distribution/curve, contrast and saturation, 
> not just color. <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Scan/VuesProf/>
>
> Processed using ICC profiles, the tassels would look the same color in 
> all cases. I realize thai isn't always what you want, as you've said 
> earlier:
>
> "I am in agreement that good ICC film profiles are very very nice to 
> have, but I personally have an issue with the leveling of different 
> film stocks into a singular look. I select films for their unique 
> personalities and wouldn't want them to be all the same. Otherwise, 
> I'd just grab the cheapest rolls of film I could find and produce my 
> masterpieces on it.   :)   But, to each his/her own.  No harm, no foul."

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