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<h2><b>spectro/synthcal</b></h2>
<h3>Summary</h3>
Create synthetic calibration file. The default is a linear calibration file.<br>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<span style="font-family: monospace;">synthcal [-options] <i>basename</i></span><br>
<span style="font-family: monospace;">&nbsp;-r
res&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Set the
calibration resolution (default 256)<br>
&nbsp;-t
N&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i =
input, o = output, d = display (default)<br>
&nbsp;-d col_comb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; choose colorant combination from
the following:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
0:
Print
grey<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1:
Video
grey<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
2:
Print
RGB<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
3:
Video
RGB<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
4: CMYK<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
5: CMY<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
6:
CMYK
+ Light CM<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
7:
CMYK
+ Light CMK<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
8:
CMYK
+ Red + Blue<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
9:
CMYK
+ Orange + Green<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
10:
CMYK
+ Light CMK + Light Light K<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
11:
CMYK
+ Orange + Green + Light CM<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
12:
CMYK
+ Light CM + Medium CM<br>
&nbsp;-D colorant&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Add or delete colorant from
combination:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Use
-??
to list known colorants)<br>
&nbsp;-o o1,o2,o3,... Set non-linear curve offset, last to all chan.
(default 0.0)<br>
&nbsp;-s s1,s2,s3,... Set non-linear curve scale, last to all chan.
(default 1.0)<br>
&nbsp;-p p1,p2,p3,... Set non-linear curve powers, last to all chan.
(default 1.0)</span><br>
&nbsp;
<i> </i><span style="font-family: monospace;"><i>basename</i>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Base name for output .cal file</span><br>
<h3>Comments<br>
</h3>
This is the tool creates a calibration (<a href="File_Formats.html#.cal">.cal</a>)
file that has a linear table for each channel. This is useful in setting up
a display for evaluation, disabling printer calibration, testing, or to
recover a display that has a strange set of Video LUTs loaded.<br>
<br>
<a name="r"></a>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">-r</span> parameter
selects the table resolution. The default is 256.<br>
<br>
<a name="t"></a>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">-t</span> option
selects the type of device the calibration file is intended for. Default is
display.<br>
<br>
<a name="d"></a>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">-d</span> option
selects the device colorspace. The default for input and display is <font style="font-weight: bold;"
size="-1"><span style="font-family: monospace;">Video RGB</span></font><font
size="-1"><span style="font-family: monospace;">, while the default for
output is <span style="font-weight: bold;">CMYK</span>.<br>
</span></font><br>
<a name="D"></a> The <b>-D</b> parameter modifies the colorspace set by <span
style="font-weight: bold;">-d</span> by allowing individual colorants to
be added or subtracted from the colorspace.<br>
<br>
Optionally it can be used to create a non-linear calibration file, useful
for diagnostics. Each of the device channel curves can be given a gamma
(power curve) shape, scaled to a maximum other than 1.0, and offset from a
value other than 0.0. If less than the number of channels values is set in
-o, -s or -p, then the last value will be extended to the remaining
channels.<br>
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