Creating a Profile and Processing Pictures

You can use this workflow to create a custom profile for your camera and shooting conditions, and then

Before you begin, do the following:

Note: This Help page describes one method for using ImageMapper in this workflow. For more detail and alternate methods, consult the Kodak Polychrome ImageMapper User's Guide, installed as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file with the software.

Creating the new camera profile and applying it to pictures

  1. Launch ImageMapper and select File > New Camera Profile...
  2. The Input Profile Assistant will display a Welcome screen. Click Next.
  3. On the next screen, click Browse..., and navigate to a folder of pictures which also includes a shot containing the ColorChecker target. Draw a loose box (marquee) around the target. Click Next.

    4. Note: If you inadvertently forget to draw a loose box around target, ImageMapper will normally ask you to click to manually locate the upper left, upper right and lower right corners of the target. ImageMapper will then proceed in making the new profile. However, if the target was located in the lower section of the image, manual location may fail. In this case, simply click the Back button to arrive at the Input Profile Assistant screen where you are asked to draw the box. After you have drawn a box around the target, proceed normally.

  4. The Input Profile Assistant will automatically locate the target and the patches that it uses to calculate the new input profile. Click Next.
  5. The Input Profile Assistant displays a progress bar as it calculates the new profile. Click Next.
  6. On the final screen the Assistant will show you what the picture will look like with the new profile applied. Enter a meaningful description for your profile in the New profile description field (or accept the default description that ImageMapper provides).
  7. To save the profile to disk, make sure the Save profile to disk option is checked. To apply the profile to a batch of pictures, also check the box labeled Process the other pictures in the input folder to:, and make sure the correct destination profile is selected in the pop-up menu.

    Important: If you will be forwarding your files to a publisher, prepress house or print provider, make sure that you fully understand their production requirements. Some providers may wish to receive images that have simply been converted to to an RGB Working Color Space for additional manipulation in a software program such as Adobe Photoshop. An example of a working space is Adobe RGB (1998). Other providers may accept files that are fully processed for a printing or other process. In that case, you might select an output profile such as SWOP, or another profile that the provider will supply.

  8. Click Finish.
  9. In the Save the New Profile dialog box, enter a name and location for storing for the new profile. Click Save.
  10. In the Create a New Folder and Process Images dialog box, enter a name and location for the folder that will contain your processed pictures.

By default, ImageMapper will create a new folder which is named the same as the folder from which the unprocessed pictures came, except that the destination profile description is appended at the end of the folder name. You can accept this default folder name, or change it.

A progress bar will appear, indicating that your pictures are being processed.

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