On the words 'Pro' and 'Lite'
On the words 'Pro' and 'Lite'
- Subject: On the words 'Pro' and 'Lite'
- From: Henrik Holmegaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:53:24 +0200
Rudy Vonk <email@hidden> wrote:
Why do this instead of printing a fixed CMYK Photoshop file as the
target? I can only surmise that it was much easier to create the
*sensation* that you have control over black generation by tweaking the
Photoshop settings (wrong, because you are merely altering the target
CMYK values), than to provide actual black generation control in the
profile-building process.
I thought this business with Photoshop as profiling engine was a
thing of the past. Version 6.0 is the first that does what I want,
linking three profiles on the fly for one-step proof-printing and
soft-proofing, showing soft proofs and proof prints with a relative
white and absolute black point match, it's the way it should be.
But for print profiling, get a tool built for print profiling from
the ground up because:
a. the soft proof stays locked inside your studio, you can't share it
with others, you can't make sense of the soft proof in mixed viewing
environments, you can't do colorimetric tolerancing with a spectro in
the event of a disagreement, but
b. the proof print travels, you can share it with others, and you can
make sense of it in mixed viewing environments just the same as the
production print, and
c. the art presentation print travels too, and for the art
presentation print you want control of the black channel for best
visual appearance.