Man1 - linkicc.1

linkicc - little cms device link generator.

linkicc [/options/]/ profiles/

lcms is a standalone CMM engine, which deals with the color management. It implements a fast transformation between ICC profiles. linkicc is a little cms device link generator.

Links two or more profiles into a single devicelink profile. Colorspaces must be paired except Lab/XYZ, that can be interchanged.

*-a *NUM

Observer adaptation state (abs.col. only), (0..1.0, float value) [defaults to 1.0].

-b

Black point compensation.

*-c */precision/

Precision (0=LowRes, 1=Normal, 2=Hi-res) [defaults to 1].

*-d */description/

Description text (quotes can be used).

*-h */NUM/

Show summary of options and examples (0=help, 1=Built-in profiles, 2=Examples, 3=Contact information)

*-k */inklimit/

Ink-limiting in % (CMYK only), (0..400.0, float value) [default 400.0].

-l

Use linearization curves (may affect accuracy).

*-n */gridpoints/

Alternate way to set precision, number of CLUT points.

*-o */profile/

Output devicelink profile [defaults to ’devicelink.icm’].

*-r */profileversion/

Profile version. (CAUTION: may change the profile implementation), (2.0..4.3, float value) [defaults to 4.3].

*-t */NUM/

Rendering intent

  0=Perceptual [default]
  1=Relative colorimetric
  2=Saturation
  3=Absolute colorimetric
  10=Perceptual preserving black ink
  11=Relative colorimetric preserving black ink
  12=Saturation preserving black ink
  13=Perceptual preserving black plane
  14=Relative colorimetric preserving black plane
  15=Saturation preserving black plane

*-v */verbosity/

Verbosity level, (0=None, 1=Normal, 2=High, 3=Very High) [defaults to 0].

-x

Creatively, guess deviceclass of resulting profile.

*-y */copyright/

Copyright notice (quotes can be used) [“No copyright, use freely”].

-8

Creates 8-bit devicelink.

  	*Lab2  -- D50-based v2 CIEL*a*b
  	*Lab4  -- D50-based v4 CIEL*a*b
  	*Lab   -- D50-based v4 CIEL*a*b
  	*XYZ   -- CIE XYZ (PCS)
  	*sRGB  -- sRGB color space
  	*Gray22 - Monochrome of Gamma 2.2
  	*Gray30 - Monochrome of Gamma 3.0
  	*null   - Monochrome black for all input
  	*Lin2222- CMYK linearization of gamma 2.2 on each channel

  To create 'devicelink.icm' from a.icc to b.icc:
  	linkicc a.icc b.icc

  To create 'out.icc' from sRGB to cmyk.icc:
  	linkicc -o out.icc *sRGB cmyk.icc

  To create a sRGB input profile working in Lab:
  	linkicc -x -o sRGBLab.icc *sRGB *Lab

  To create a XYZ -> sRGB output profile:
  	linkicc -x -o sRGBLab.icc *XYZ *sRGB

  To create a abstract profile doing softproof for cmyk.icc:
  	linkicc -t1 -x -o softproof.icc *Lab cmyk.icc cmyk.icc *Lab

  To create a 'grayer' sRGB input profile:
  	linkicc -x -o grayer.icc *sRGB gray.icc gray.icc *Lab

  To embed ink limiting into a cmyk output profile:
  	linkicc -x -o cmyklimited.icc -k 250 cmyk.icc *Lab

For suggestions, comments, bug reports etc. send mail to info@littlecms.com.

*jpgicc*(1), *psicc*(1), *tificc*(1), *transicc*(1)

This manual page was written by Shiju p. Nair <shiju.p@gmail.com>, for the Debian project.