ICC profile editor

OK, I think I've enough information now to temporarily fix the issue before buying another calibration device.

And I want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone here! There were so many different people helping me out here and I've learned quite a bit. Thanks folks.

Mark, that looks like it might work in a similar fashion. Quickly skimming through the text reminded me that there were certain profiles that couldn't be edited properly if at all, and that seems to be the case with this product as well. Might be worth a try, although you won't know how effective it is until you've bought it (trial version doesn't save your edits).

"Can you edit all sorts of profiles with Kodak's plugin or only CMYK profiles? "

I have a copy of it, but I haven't used it in some time. I believe it will edit both input and output profiles, RGB and CMYK. Not as robust as Profilemaker, but not bad for $500. I'm pretty sure that DoctorPro was the ColorVision product I remembered. I don't have any experience with that, just the two others I've mentioned.

@Ho: Is that what you mean (or at least something similar?) :

http://www.antelligent.com/pages/ps_plugins.html

@Peter: Thanks for the insights. Can you edit all sorts of profiles with Kodak's plugin or only CMYK profiles?
And as for ColorVision's edit module .... I have Colorvision's Spyder3pro and don't think there is an edit module. Perhaps you need Spyder3elite for that?

There is an app, now discontinued I think, called Doctor Pro. If memory serves, it is—or was—a Photoshop plugin. It allowed you to adjust your image with Photoshop's controls, saving the steps as an Action. Once you had the result you wanted, you could tell DP to read the action and edit the targeted color profile. How well it accomplished the job is anyone's guess.

"Color.org says that Photoshop can both create AND edit profiles !! : "

What they fail to mention is the extremely limited fashion that Ps can do this. The only profiles that Ps can create or modify on its own are the "icc" compliant profiles generated from the Custom CMYK control panel. When you generate and save these settings as profiles, Ps does see them as such, but they're not the same in the sense that they're based off of custom measurements.

The only way I know of to modify or edit true icc profiles in Photoshop is with Kodak's Custom Color Edit module, which operates as a Photoshop plugin and uses Photoshop's color and tone controls to do the editing. ColorVision's edit module may also work in a similar fashion.

Thanks for telling us your experience Gustavo. I know about your caveats, may I again underline that I was looking for a temporary fix only for a week or so.

Going back to Photoshop's capabilities:

Color.org says that Photoshop can both create AND edit profiles !! :

http://www.color.org/profilingtools.xalter

.... your reactions, guys ?

Mark,

I have a Flexscan as well and with a colorimetre and a BasicICColor or a ColorEye or even the software that comes with the colorimetre, the profiles are very good (I have tried the three, by the way and I bought the first one thought ColorEyes is almost as good as well and much easier to install).

I would not mess around with the monitor's profile, truly. Ask in the color management forum. Over there, Lou Dina has a PDF on basic calibration for his clients that explains this matters and their 'whys' and 'hows' very well, for instance.

You'll reach a rather satisfying point with no doubt, just don't get lost in this editing-profile track, if I may say it so.

That's not the case. Actually neither Adobe Gamma nor my calibration software is active on startup. I always load my profile manually. But thanks for helping.