Paul Roberts wrote: > >> What confuses me is why the (in PS) view\proof > setup\custom\<printer > >> profile> looks a bit too different to the screen image. Maybe it > >> shouldn't?
The PS view proof image should look pretty much like the final print using that profile. Have you by any chance got 'Preserve colour numbers' checked? If so uncheck it. If its unchecked already and the soft proof looks very different likely the profile is not very good. Matthew Ward wrote: > AFAICT I think it should. The printer profile alters the > image for the > vagaries of your particular printer. Nobody cares what it > looks like. On the contrary, we very much care what it looks like as the View soft proof lets us see on screen what the print should look like on paper. > The proof set up is primarily to view (soft proof) what your > image will > look like as a CYMY print (amongst other things). View >proof colours > shows you what your image will look like as a CMYK print, the options > for which you choose in proof set up. Clear as mud? Definitely muddy waters ! The View soft proof is not restricted to cmyk but is available for all output profiles including displays (eg what will image look like on PC or MAC) and rgb printers eg you can soft proof the effect of any profile on the image. Hope this makes it a bit clearer rather than more murky <BG> TonyR =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
