<x-charset iso-8859-1>And this, I have found after using Photoshop for only several months, is one of its strong points. Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: <CDTobie@aol.com> To: <ftedsen@mac.com>; <epson-inkjet@leben.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:20 AM Subject: Re: Photoshp 6 Soft Proofing: Why? | | In a message dated 9/25/01 10:18:30 PM, ftedsen@mac.com writes: | | >But I have to ask the | >question: why is the soft proofing feature needed? Doesn't it speak to | >a | >failure of color management in the first place? I thought that the whole | >idea of profiling was so that we could get consistent colors from different | >input, viewing, and output sources. Should not profiles for different | >papers and inks provide essentially the same results if the profiles are | >any | >good? | [snipped] | | Its a complicating factor, but I would consider it a feature, not a bug. <G> | It would be possible to set up Photoshop so that the default view was a | proofing window, and all images required an output profile and choices of | intents to be displayed, but that would be a bit extreme. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. </x-charset>