ColorThink Pro - ColorSmarts Guide

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ColorSmarts Guide Concept

The ColorSmarts Guide is part automator, part tutor. Many functions in ColorThink Pro require multiple steps performed in the correct order to obtain the correct results. The Guide can help automate these tasks, simplifying a multi-step color test or analysis to a few simple selections.

The Guide also describes each step in the process so you can learn how to perform them yourselves and alter the settings as you need.

Selecting Tests

The tasks available in the Guide are selected by function or by tool. Use the function grouping when performing particular analyses and the tool grouping when you want to learn more about each ColorThink tool's function.

Color managed workflows are composed of profiles, measurements, images and so forth. ColorThink allows the analysis of each of these workflow components as well as the evaluation of the entire workflow. By isolating each component in your workflow you can determine which function it performs as well as which item might be contributing to color errors.

Profiles

Profiles contain a significant amount of information about the devices they represent and about their output functions.

Create a Profile

While ColorThink Pro does not create "normal" ICC device profiles, it can generate device link, abstract and ColorCast profiles. These Guides help setup each of these profile types.

Evaluating and Comparing Profiles

Device profiles contain both the ability to output to the device as well as the ability to simulate the device somewhere else (proofing). Use these tests to isolate each function in profiles as well as compare two profiles.

If you are looking for the comparison of two profile gamuts, see Comparing Devices below. Remember, gamut graphs represent the gamuts of devices described by profiles.

Devices

Devices can be evaluated using either measurements of the devices' output, profiles for the devices or both.

Evaluating and Comparing Devices

These tests can be used for a wide variety of tasks including calculating gamut volumes, comparing gamut graphs, checking device calibration and more. Select each tool for a description of its function.

Workflow

Sometimes the only way to understand the results you are seeing is to model the entire workflow in ColorThink Pro. The Color Worksheet offers many different methods for setting up a workflow simulation. To get started with a simplified workflow, have the Guide set one up for you and then try your own.

Supplying Files

After selecting the desired test, the second step is typically to supply the files (profiles, measurements, etc) to be analyzed. The Guide provides 'drop zones' for each of the test's required files. Either choose the '+' menu to open files or drag and drop the files from the Finder or Windows Explorer.

Profile training data extracted automatically

Many profiling tools embed the original measurements and reference data in their profiles. The ColorSmarts Guide will automatically extract this data for certain tests (Evaluate Profile's Proofing Accuracy, for instance). To determine if your profile's data is in a recognizable form, open it into the Profile Inspector and select the "Statistics" tab. If Training Data Available is marked "yes" then the Guide should be able to automatically extract this information for testing,

Choosing display of results

* Graph * Worksheet * Report * Visual

Re-Running tests

Suggesting new tests

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