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The rendering intent ‘perceptual absolute’ is not known or established as an independent rendering intent in colour processing and colour management. The term refers to a combination of the rendering intents ‘perceptual’ and ‘absolute colourimetric’, meaning that the aim is to achieve a colour reproduction that is both visually appealing (perceptual) and precise and accurate (absolute colourimetric). With Fiery XF, for example, the rendering intent can be used to convert photographs that originate from a large source colour space such as AdobeRGB into a smaller target colour space.

The ‘’perceptual‘’ rendering intent is used in colour management to achieve the most pleasant and visually appealing colour reproduction possible. This rendering intent is based on the human perception of colours and takes into account how we perceive and interpret colours. When using the ‘perceptual’ or ‘perceptive’ rendering intent, the colour values of the original are adjusted so that they appear natural to the human eye. The colours are converted in such a way that they have as similar a visual effect as possible in the target colour space as …

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