Hi Nick, Rodolpho
On Friday, February 7, 2003 at 1:15 pm,
pajuaba, rodolpho-at-pajuaba.com.br, wrote:
> Nick Dunmur wrote on 07.02.03 11:38:
>
> > The profiles arrived with 'PC' writ large on the icon, not the usual small
> > block of 4 colours seen on icc profile icons.
> > I have a little utility (thanks Neil B)
<make colorsync profile (script)>
> > that will make/convert the file into
> > one with the correct icon.
[just adds the filetype tag.]
> > This I did, but on placing the profiles into the
> > correct folder, I cannot access them at all through Photoshop. They do not
> > seem to be recognised at all.
> > Any ideas?
send me one of the problem profiles, maybe they are not profiles at all?
> > Have I, in fact, been sent sth which is NOT an icc profile?
sth?
> > Am I right in assuming that icc profiles are/should be platform-independent?
yes,
but, PC profiles lack the resource fork [which on a mac gives afile the
right icon, and helps the OS recognise the file type].
> > (Wouldn't be much use if they weren't I guess)
> > Suggestions very gratefully received.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Nick D
>
> Well, this is funny. I downloaded the profile for my Minolta Dimage, and it
> showed exactly like you described, with the weird "PC" icon (it's called
> Prodimage.icm). Even so, I simply put it onto the Colorsync folder, and it
> appears in Photoshop, where I can use it just like any other profile. Try
> with the original file, before the conversion.
perhaps you're using OSX?
it seems to do better with files misssing the traditional mac. resourceforks.
Regards, NeilB
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