Many thanks to all who have helped with this. Tony has confirmed what I thought in that the idea of the soft proof was to see, on a calibrated screen, how the final print would look.
There is the nub, if the monitor profile does not have the same characteristics as the printer profile, the two will never look the same. For a lot of the time, I just take my images from the D100, adjust levels, sharpen and print. Easy! However when I need to warm up that sunrise a tad, things change. I have found that because we have the tools to get the monitor displaying the image the same as it will print, that is what I demand. And, as Richard said, if the conditions surrounding the monitor are not constant, then calibrating the monitor is virtually pointless (unless a profile for every 'condition' is made!). Thanks for the tip about 'Preserve colour numbers', did not even know it existed. What has heartened me most is the willingness of you all to share freely your knowledge, thankyou. It goes to show just how much there is to learn.... 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? =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
