bruce--one more question re:soft proofing

["Harry Minoru Shin" <ring-of-fire@onebox.com>]

1.   i was interested in your reply to a recent post. 
2.   let's assume that the monitor is callibrated using a device such
as optical (hardware profiler).   if the monitor is decently callibrated
and if the printer / paper profile is accurate (custom profile purchased
via a professional vendor), why then would one need to even use the soft
proofing in the first place?  (i actually read the section on soft proofing
in your book a while ago--will review it again tommorow). 
3.   tangential question:   what is the ideal white point for macintosh
systems (lacie blue 19) assuming that the primary purpose is to produce
prints?  5000 or 6500K?  

thanks for the info.   harry

Whoa there big fella!

Without an accurate profile, Photoshop's soft-proofing is totally 
useless. The soft-proofed image is totally dependent on the profile.

I've had to tune the RGB-to-Lab portion of every canned Epson profile

except the one for Epson Heavyweight Matte to actually get the 
softproof to look like the print. The PGPP one is particularly bad. 
But once they're tuned, I can see exactly what the unadjusted print 
will look like, and take the necessary remedial action. Without an 
accurate profile you'd be better off just guessing and ignore the 
soft-proof feature entirely. But you'd be much, much better off with

an accurate profile!

Bruce
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bruce@pixelboyz.com




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