Re: ps6: new user
Re: ps6: new user
- Subject: Re: ps6: new user
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:34:19 EST
In a message dated 2/17/01 2:38:54 AM, email@hidden writes:
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i just upgraded to ps6 after hearing all about it's proofing
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capabilities. i would like to know:
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1) what setting do i use in proof color setup? i mean i have the cmyk
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profile for our printer but my RGB pictures look really horrible "very
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low contrast and dull grayish blacks(99% ones)" with "paper white and
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"black ink" "ON". it matches the print exactly with these options off.
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does this mean my monitor calibration is not correct.
The paper white and ink black settings are most practical for off-white
papers and dull inks, for bright paper and dark ink, they are unnecessary,
and unless tuned, are not appropriate.
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2) why should i use "relative colorimetric" or "absolute colorimetric".
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"relative colorimetric" gives good results but "absolute" looks like
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someone has changed the monitor setting from 6500k to 9300k. the
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neutrals just go bluish. is it only for CMYK to CMYK?
Perceptual is most typical, absolute colorimetric would only be for proofing
off-white paper on brigher proofing stock, and does not work in conjunction
with the paper white and ink black settings, as this applies the same
corrections a second time to the return tables used for monitor viewing.
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3) i always work on pictures so should i put my rendering intent in
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"color settings" to "perceptual".
That would be reasonable, though not universal.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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