RE: ProfilerPlus experiences

[Matt Hagadorn <mshagadorn@yahoo.com>]

--- "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> So you're saying that I should treat the profile as merely a measurement of
> what the printer does, rather than a way to make the system automatically
> correct for what it does? I admit that it's certainly better to tweak the
> curves until the display looks right than to tweak the curves until repeated
> test prints come out right, but I would think that if a profile could make
> the screen look like a future print, it could also make a print look like
> the screen (except for out-of-gamut colors), and the latter would be much
> more useful.

You do want to adjust profile so that it makes the best possible output, but no
profile will handle every image perfectly. You might get a profile that
produces good output with the PhotoDisc target or many of your own images, but
it might have a tough time with a deep blue sky or a deep, dark red sunset (two
of the more common problem colors I've encountered). Soft-proofing with an
accurate profile will allow you to adjust for those deficiencies (for example,
by using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer targeted at the problem area) before
you print.

Bruce Fraser has written another timely article at creativepro.com about
soft-proofing, and also about that nasty topic we debated for weeks on this
list a few months ago; what the different Print menu settings and printer
driver settings do. See <http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/15310.html>.

Matt

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