I was just going back thru the G7 How-to again and came across the following paragraph and wondered if someone here could explain this a little more for me? What is suitable software and what is spectral data?
The reason I'm asking is I would be interested in eliminating metamerism, as referred to here, as much as possible because we only have one light booth, at the press, and none in the creatives or prepress areas and we see a pretty big difference in proofs in those areas which disappear in the correct lighting but see no possibility yet of getting more correct lighting in those other rooms? Could this possibly help with getting the creative and prepress proofs to match closer under non-standard viewing conditions? We create and print all our own work here in-house.
Thanks for any input,
Terry
"9.7 Measure characterization data
Measure characterization data from each of the selected sheets with a spectrophotometer, then build an ICC press profile from the averaged data. If possible, save the original measurement data in spectral format rather than CIELab(D50). With suitable software and spectral data measured from a specific light source, spectral characterization data can yield an improved ICC profile that reduces the metameric problems caused by non-standard viewing conditions, or variations between standard light sources."
The reason I'm asking is I would be interested in eliminating metamerism, as referred to here, as much as possible because we only have one light booth, at the press, and none in the creatives or prepress areas and we see a pretty big difference in proofs in those areas which disappear in the correct lighting but see no possibility yet of getting more correct lighting in those other rooms? Could this possibly help with getting the creative and prepress proofs to match closer under non-standard viewing conditions? We create and print all our own work here in-house.
Thanks for any input,
Terry
"9.7 Measure characterization data
Measure characterization data from each of the selected sheets with a spectrophotometer, then build an ICC press profile from the averaged data. If possible, save the original measurement data in spectral format rather than CIELab(D50). With suitable software and spectral data measured from a specific light source, spectral characterization data can yield an improved ICC profile that reduces the metameric problems caused by non-standard viewing conditions, or variations between standard light sources."