Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
ColorVison's DoctorPRO
ColorVision has a simple profile editor that also operates in Photoshop,
named DoctorPRO. A user corrects an image and builds a Photoshop
action. Once this action is created, DoctorPRO is invoked from the Pho-
toshop
Automate
menu and it applies the action to a supplied bitmap file
(see Fig. 6-31). DoctorPRO then is able to create a modified profile based
upon these edits. The benefit of this product is that all a user needs to
understand is how to correct a representative image in Photoshop. The
actions that contain the edits can also be used as a simple edit list. It is
often the case that after modifying a profile and testing it on a print, the
need arises to make further corrections. Early versions of DoctorPRO
were unable to separate the edits applied to both the soft proof and
output tables and edited all the rendering intents at once. A new version
just released offers separate editing of preview and print tables, plus selec-
tion of rendering intents you wish to edit, making this product vastly
more powerful and useful.
Kodak ColorFlow Custom Color Tools
Kodak's ColorFlow Custom Color Tools 3.0 (formally Custom Color ICC)
profile editor has long been my favorite profile editor. Why? Like
DoctorPRO, I can use Photoshop as the editing environment and I find
that Photoshop has the most familiar and powerful editing toolset known
to man or dog. The original version of Custom Color ICC ran only under
OS9, which meant I had to abandon it when moving to OS X, but version
3.0 not only runs under OS X but Windows as well. The product is very
easy to use. Since the product is a Photoshop plug-in, the user accesses
Fig. 6-31
DoctorPRO from
Pantone ColorVision is
accessed as a Photoshop
Automate plug-in once a
user selects an action they
have built for correcting an
image. The action is then
applied to a special image
provided by the software
that updates and builds a
new edited profile.
