[Digikam-users] Color Management, various questions.

[Caulier Gilles]

Le Dimanche 14 Mai 2006 01:59 PM, Tommaso Schiavinotto a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I've a Minolta Dynax 5D, I shoot RAW and I'm trying to figure out which
> is the best setting for my workflow using the 0.9.0 svn version.

Welcome. I'm using a Dynax 5D too. Nice camera !!!

>
> I'm using the Minolta profile for the 5D as input profile, AdobeRGB as
> Workspace and sRGB as monitor. The results that I get are really good,
> and it really make things easier.

Yes, i use too...

>
> What I would like to understand is the function of the
> "Use color managed view". If it is unchecked, what am I seeing on the
> monitor?

This option is only to render color using your monitor color profile to trying 
to render properly all color in screen. It's not necessary to use it and 
don't change anything in image data. It's just use to render image in editor 
and image plugins preview. I have just commited changes in svn to increase 
performance about this option...

>
> Another problem is how should I behave to have pictures that I want to
> store or send for printing as AdobeRGB, and pictures for the web (read
> flickr) in sRGB.
>
> The last problem that I have is that sometime I get pictures from a
> Dimage z5, how can I change the input profile only for those pictures?
> Or maybe I don't care because they are simply JPGs?
>

Paco, if you can give more informations here... Thanks in advance...

> Would that be possible to have digikam choosing the right input profile
> based on the EXIF data?

Well, yes, this is my plan later 0.9.0. It's not very complicated to do, but 
require sustential changes in digiKam at startup to parse an ICC profile 
repository. Note that UFRAW project have planed to do the same rules in the 
future...

Gilles