Link-o-lator Interface
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The Link-o-lator window has five main areas.
• The Source Profile area (upper left) lets you choose a source profile, specify a rendering intent, and
optionally embed the source profile in a device link.
• The Color Management Module lets you choose the system-level engine Link-o-lator uses to make
calculations.
• The Destination Profile area (lower left) lets you choose a destination profile, specify a rendering
intent, and optionally embed the destination profile in a device link.
• The Channel Information area (upper right) lets you choose the pure color channels you want to
preserve and optionally scale.
• The Output Options area (lower right) lets you specify optional features we can build in to a link
based on the type of link you are creating.
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Source Profile area
The Type menu lets you choose the type of profiles displayed in the Source profile menu. You can choose a type to reduce the number of profiles displayed in the Source profile menu. If you choose Input, Display, or Output, the Source profile menu displays only profiles of the selected type. If you choose All, the Source profile menu displays all three types of profiles.
The Source profile menu displays all ICC profiles of the type selected in the Type menu. If All is selected in the Type menu, the Source profile menu displays Input, Display, and Output profiles. If a desired profile is not active in the system, you may choose Other… from the Source profile menu and you can navigate to any ICC profile on any mounted volume.
Note: In OS 9 ICC profiles are stored in the ColorSync Profiles folder within the active System Folder. In OSX they can be located in the System/Library/ColorSync folder, or in the User/“user folder”/Library/ColorSync folder. At launch Linko-lator checks all the appropriate ColorSync Profiles folder(s) to determine the active system profiles for display in the Source profile menu.
The Rendering intent menu lets you choose the rendering intent (that is, a profile’s internal color mapping table; most profiles have three) to be used from the source profile. Automatically the Source profile Rendering intent gets synchronized to agree with the Destination profile Rendering intent – which by default is the preference built into the profile – and this is the recommended arrangement. If you desire that the Source profile Rendering intent specifically be different than the Destination profile Rendering intent, choose the Destination profile Rendering intent first, and then reset the Source profile Rendering intent as desired. The rendering intent choices are Perceptual, Saturation, Relative Colorimetric and Absolute Colorimetric.
Embed Source Profile in Link check box
The Embed source profile in link check box gives you the option of embedding the actual source ICC profile into a device link. Normally, because of the way ICC device links are designed, they can be used to transform color but won’t allow you to see a soft proof. However, with a Left Dakota “megalink” (i.e., a device link that has embedded both the source and destination profile), other applications may use the embedded profiles to create previews and soft proofs.
Color Management Module area
The Color Management Module menu lets you choose the color management module (CMM) you want to use. If you do not make a selection, the default system CMM is used.
The Type menu lets you choose the type of profiles displayed in the Destination profile menu. You can choose a type to reduce the number of profiles displayed in the Source profile menu. If you choose Display or Output, the Destination profile menu displays only profiles of the selected type. If you choose All, the Destination profile menu displays Display and Output profiles.
The Destination profile menu displays all ICC profiles of the type selected in the Type menu. If All is selected in the Type menu, the Destination profile menu displays Display and Output profiles.
Note: In OS 9 ICC profiles are stored in the ColorSync Profiles folder within the active System Folder. In OSX they can be located in the System/Library/ColorSync folder, or in the User/“user folder”/Library/ColorSync folder. At launch Linko-lator checks all the appropriate ColorSync Profiles folder(s) to determine the active system profiles for display in the Destination Profile menu.
The Rendering intent menu lets you choose the rendering intent (that is, a profile’s internal color mapping table; most profiles have three) to be used from the destination profile. Automatically the Source profile Rendering intent gets synchronized to agree with the Destination profile Rendering intent – which by default is the preference built into the profile – and this is the recommended arrangement. If you desire that the Source profile Rendering intent specifically be different than the Destination profile Rendering intent, choose the Destination profile Rendering intent first, and then reset the Source profile Rendering intent as desired. The rendering intent choices are Perceptual, Saturation, Relative Colorimetric and Absolute Colorimetric.
Embed Destination Profile in Link check box
The Embed destination profile in link check box gives you the option of embedding the actual destination ICC profile into a device link. Normally, because of the way ICC device links are designed, they can be used to transform color but won’t allow you to see a soft proof. However, with a Left Dakota “megalink” (i.e., a device link that contains both the source and destination profile), other applications may use the embedded profiles to create previews and soft proofs.
