Abstract: A system that combines a reference color image with a color move tracer image creating a combined image capable of being edited as desired by the operator and one which records the actual color edits made on the reference image. The tracer is a color grid that represents the domain of colors in a specified color space encoding. The grid is converted into a color edit transform table and the color edits within the color space on a higher resolution version of the reference image, or on other images, can be performed using a table look-up operation. The invention can also be used to capture effects transforms that modify the input/output and/or screen display of an image without necessarily modifying the original image.

Abstract: Imaging system whereby color image data intended for reproduction on an image reproduction means may be provided to a functional engine for modification according to one or more functional transforms. Color management may be applied to the data before output to the selected image reproduction device, so as to achieve WYSIWYG color matching of the image data with respect to the color fidelity limitations or other characteristics of the intended image reproduction device.