ICCLINK(1)

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version 1.19 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

ok so this is the icclink(1) page from the General Commands Manual, and bestie, it's about to make ur color profiles ✨make out✨ (respectfully). sit down, hydrate, let's go 🍓

🌸 NAME 🌸

icclink — little cms device link generator.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

icclink [options] <profiles>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ok so lcms is a standalone CMM engine (that's Color Management Module, iykyk) and it does the whole deals with the color management thing. It implements a fast transformation between ICC profiles. And icclink? icclink is little cms device link generator. main character behavior fr 💅

What it actually does: it links two or more profiles into a single devicelink profile. Colorspaces must be paired — except Lab/XYZ, which can be interchanged. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -8 — Creates 8-bit devicelink. tiny bit depth, still slay.
  • -b — Black point compensation. it's giving considerate.
  • -c <0,1,2,3> — Precision (0=LowRes, 1=Normal, 2=Hi-res). [defaults to 1]
  • -d description — Description text (quotes can be used, so go off).
  • -h <0,1,2,3> — Show summary of options and examples. help me help u 🫶
  • -i profile — Input profile (defaults to sRGB). if u don't pick one, sRGB is ur plus-one.
  • -k <0..400> — Ink-limiting in % (CMYK only). yes, up to 400. wild but real.
  • -o profile — Output devicelink profile. [defaults to 'devicelink.icm']
  • -t <0,1,2,3> — Intent (0=Perceptual, 1=Colorimetric, 2=Saturation, 3=Absolute).
  • -x — Creatively, guess deviceclass of resulting profile. creatively. iconic word choice ngl.

🌈 Built-in profiles 🌈

these come free with the vibe, no file needed:

  • *Lab — D50-based CIEL*a*b (PCS)
  • *XYZ — CIE XYZ (PCS)
  • *sRGB — sRGB color space
  • *Gray22 — Monochrome of Gamma 2.2
  • *Lin2222 — CMYK linearization of gamma 2.2 on each channel

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

ok this is the part where it gets fun. copy these, they're literally the blueprint.

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

icclink a.icc b.icc

To create 'out.icc' from sRGB to cmyk.icc:

icclink -o out.icc *sRGB cmyk.icc

To create a sRGB input profile working in Lab:

icclink -x -o sRGBLab.icc *sRGB *Lab

To create a XYZ -> sRGB output profile:

icclink -x -o sRGBLab.icc *XYZ *sRGB

To create a abstract profile doing softproof for cmyk.icc:

icclink -t1 -x -o softproof.icc *Lab cmyk.icc cmyk.icc *Lab

To create a 'grayer' sRGB input profile:

icclink -x -o grayer.icc *sRGB gray.icc gray.icc *Lab

To embed ink limiting into a cmyk output profile:

icclink -x -o cmyklimited.icc -k 250 cmyk.icc *Lab
🫶 heads up: the two -o sRGBLab.icc examples are in the original exactly like that, so keep them exactly like that. not me changing the lore 💀

💜 NOTES 💜

For suggestions, comments, bug reports etc. send mail to info@littlecms.com. they actually want to hear from u bestie, go be a main character in the inbox 🌸

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

jpegicc(1), tifficc(1), icc2ps(1), icctrans(1), wtpt(1) — the whole friend group, go say hi 🦋

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

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

k bye bestie, go link some profiles 💖 — this was the ICCLINK(1) page from the General Commands Manual, dated September 30, 2004. yes it's old. yes it still eats. periodt. ✨🎀💅

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