Re: [CinePaint] how do I make a profile

I tried this previously but ..... it altered the actual image. (at least
I think it did, the color picker showed different values than before.)
And I don't want to modify the image.

Mathew


On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:42 -0400, Frank Peters wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:42:51 -0700
> Mathew Yeates <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > I have a grey 16 bit image with a limited range of values. It shows up
> > dark on my display. I'm guessing that what I need is some kind of
> > display profile that will map my image values to something with a wider
> > range.
> > 
> > How do I go about this? I know very little about color management. I
> > just want to see my image without actually changing its values!
> > 
> 
> How was this image produced?
> 
> It probably just needs to be gamma corrected.  From the main menu
> go to Image --> Colors --> Levels.  You will probably see that the
> histogram for the image is shifted to the left.
> 
> Now move the middle slider for Input Levels to the left until the value
> 2.2 shows in the middle box (or you can enter 2.2 directly into the middle
> box).  This will set the gamma to 2.2 and the image will brighten
> considerably.
> 
> Without knowing anything more about the image, that's all I can say.
> 
> Maybe you could upload the image somewhere and provide a link.
> 
> FP
> 
> 
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