Manual: linkicc

LINKICC(1)					   General Commands Manual					  LINKICC(1)

NAME
       linkicc - little cms device link generator.

SYNOPSIS
       linkicc [options] profiles

DESCRIPTION
       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.

OPTIONS
       -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.

BUILT-IN PROFILES
	    *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

EXAMPLES
       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

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

SEE ALSO
       jpgicc(1), psicc(1), tificc(1), transicc(1)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Shiju p. Nair , for the Debian project.

						     September 30, 2004						  LINKICC(1)