Dear Confelicity (great nick, BTW
)
EPSON PERFECTION 4990
Generic profile provided by
Epson for reflective scanning with this scanner.
EPSON PERFECTION 4990TPU
Generic profile provided by
Epson for scanning with the transparency unit.
SF_R (
EPSON PERFECTION4990)
Indivdual profile which had been generated by you with the
IT8 calibration option for reflective scanning mode.
SF_T (
EPSON PERFECTION4990)
Indivdual profile which had been generated by you with the
IT8 calibration option for transparency scanning mode.
I suppose your trouble stems from the fact that you probably had SilverFast configured to use some image adjustments while generating the scan for the Monaco software.
When you use a third party's software to calibrate your scanner, you need to ensure that SilverFast scans the image without any auto-corrections.
In order to do so, please open the SilverFast options dialogue:
- on the "General" tab, check the "for
HDR output" box.
- make sure the gamma value is set in accordance with your monitor and Photoshop settings.
When you do your scan for the third party profiling software, select "48 bit
HDR color" scan mode type on the "Frame" panel of the main dialogue.
More information on the
IT8 calibration feature:
(1) General description, movie and
IT8 FAQs:
https://www.silverfast.com/highlights/it8/en.html
(2) Ian Lyon's step-by-step tutorial:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/sf6-it8/sf6_1.htm
(3) excerpts from the SilverFast
manual:
"Color Management in SilverFast" (
PDF, 2.6 MBytes):
http://tinyurl.com/eyatj
"IT8 Calibration with SilverFast" (
PDF, 2.1 MBytes):
http://tinyurl.com/94xsw
Best regards
Sonny Noack
- Manager Technical Support, LaserSoft Imaging AG -
