Argyll Color Management System

http://argyllcms.com/

Argyll Color Management System is our link of the week.

Have you ever created an image in Linux and then printed it to find out that the printed image looks nothing like the image you created? What about working with digital photos and finding the colors are too bright or not indicative of the actual image taken? Chances are, if you are taking digital photos or creating digital images, you may find that your monitor does not display the correct colors....or your printers do not print what is displayed on screen, or even viewing the image on a different computer may look entirely different. Color/Monitor/Printer calibration then becomes an absolute must.......

Argyll is an open source, ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, film recorders and calibration and profiling of displays. Spectral sample data is supported, allowing a selection of illuminants observer types, and paper fluorescent whitener additive compensation. Profiles can also incorporate source specific gamut mappings for perceptual and saturation intents. Gamut mapping and profile linking uses the CIECAM02 appearance model, a unique gamut mapping algorithm, and a wide selection of rendering intents. It also includes code for the fastest portable 8 bit raster color conversion engine available anywhere, as well as support for fast, fully accurate 16 bit conversion. Device color gamuts can also be viewed and compared using a VRML viewer. Comprehensive documentation is provided for each utility, and a general guide to using the tools for typical color management tasks is also available. A mailing list provides support for more advanced usage.

Argyll is a collection of source code that compiles into a set of command line tools, licensed under the GNU licensing terms.