This means that ICC profiles are not applied when producing RAW files. The settings in the color tab are not applied to RAW files. The Color | Scanner IT8 data filename is only used in the profiling process. To see if the profiling works correctly, you should set Color | Color balance to “Neutral”. Note that the settings in the Color tab do not affect the profiling. You can select this file by clicking on the button next to Color | Scanner IT8 data. Alternatively, you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Scanner ICC profile.Įvery IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each square in the target.

VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for the scanner using the file scanner.icc. Set Color | Scanner ICC profile to file name of ICC file.Set Color | Scanner color space to “ICC profile”.If you’ve previously made an ICC profile for your scanner, you only need to do the following: The ICC profile will be saved to the file name you specified.Choose Profile | Profile scanner from the drop-down menu.You may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press the Preview button again if the image is at an angle.Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image.If necessary, rotate the preview image so that the grey scale is at the bottom and the letters and numbers can be read normally.Click the button next to Color | Scanner ICC profile and choose where you want to write the ICC profile.Click the button next to Color | Scanner IT8 data and choose the IT8 description file that came with your IT8 target.To profile your scanner or digital camera with an IT8 target: You can also obtain IT8 targets from this source: IT8 targets are included with many scanners. VueScan uses IT8 targets (also called Q60 targets) to do this. Scanner profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a scanner or digital camera.

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