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- ColorSync: Interacting With Other Color Matching Systems
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- Article Created: 6 January 1993
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- TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------
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- How does ColorSync interact with the other color matching systems on the
- market?
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- DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
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- QuickDraw GX
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- QuickDraw GX is Apple's imaging oriented system software platform designed
- to improve the baseline imaging functionality of the Macintosh. ColorSync
- color matching is just one part of the functionality that GX supports. GX
- supports the profiles, CMMs, and applications geared for ColorSync.
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- Adobe PostScript Level II
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- Apple and Adobe have worked to coordinate their color management efforts.
- Apple provides basic tools that are compatible with the PostScript level II
- color extensions. These tools are designed to facilitate color exchanges
- on the Macintosh platform for PostScript files. Future PostScript drivers
- will accommodate device profiles to support color matching. Of course, the
- utilities are designed so that PostScript isn't a requirement for using the
- new ColorSync extensions.
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- Pantone, Muncell, Toyo, and So On
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- These are device-dependent standards used in the printing world in lieu of
- a true color matching system. These schemes define colors based on a
- standard set of printed samples. It's possible for these vendors to
- specify their standard color samples in terms of the CIE XYZ values, thereby
- integrating them with ColorSync.
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- Copyright 1993, Apple Computer, Inc.
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