Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast
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Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C88 /C88 +
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Group 2 - Color Settings
Overview
This tab gives you access to all of the color management controls
available in the ChromaBlast Driver™. Color correction allows you to
create transfers from all kinds of images, from photorealistic images to
spot color logos. For maximum flexibility, the ChromaBlast Driver™ lets
you color correct bitmap and vector elements differently, even if they are
in the same graphics file. For example, if you scan a photograph and
import it into CorelDraw, the ChromaBlast Driver™ will use the color
management settings that have been selected for Bitmap. If you then
add text on top of the bitmap image, the ChromaBlast Driver™ will use
the color management settings that have been selected for Vector. The
photograph and the text will be color corrected differently! Why? You
can now sublimate images with realistic photographic backgrounds that
have vivid spot color text.
Vector and Bitmap Explanation
Bitmaps are a grid of pixels. Bitmaps come from digital cameras,
scanners, and photo cds. Bitmaps can also be created in applications
like Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop. Bitmaps have file
extensions like GIF, JPG, BMP, and TIF. Vector components consist of
shapes, curves, lines, and text. They are created in programs such as
CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator. Higher end programs like CorelDraw
can combine Vector and Bitmaps into a single image. As a rule of
thumb, if the object in your image is made of curves, text, shapes, or fills,
it will be color corrected using the ChromaBlast Driver™ Vector settings.
All other image types will be color corrected based on the ChromaBlast
Driver™ Bitmap setting.
Color Correction Settings
Realistic (Bitmap ONLY) - This setting is most suitable for reproducing
skin tones in scanned photographs.
Original (Vector ONLY) - This setting is most suitable for reproducing
life-like clipart.
Saturated - The Saturated setting will make the colors in your image
more intense. Saturated output tries to remain color accurate with a
slight bump in intensity.
