Re: Custom Profiles and Soft Proofs
Re: Custom Profiles and Soft Proofs
- Subject: Re: Custom Profiles and Soft Proofs
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:29:56 +0100
on 24/11/2003 22:55, Tom Andrews wrote :
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If my monitor is properly calibrated, should the soft proof view (Photoshop
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6, Proof Setup>Custom>Profile:my custom profile) of an image be the same or
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very very close to the normal screen view of that image? And then should
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the print look very very similar to the soft proof view and thus similar to
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the regular view on my monitor? I print scanned photo files through PS6 to
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an Epson 10000 with pigment inks.
Can say should if the Photoshop preview of the print and the print look
similar then okay. Are you happy with the output of the 10000? The pigment
inks are a little weak compared to the Ultrachrome inks. If the print is
weaker than the image on a calibrated screen in a working space such as
Adobe 1998 then it's quite normal that the print won't come out with the
same range.
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I was told by a small custom profiling outfit that if my soft proof looked
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the same as my print output, I was getting all I could expect, even if the
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soft proof didn't look like the monitor image I worked so hard to get the
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way I wanted it. This seems ridiculous to me. Thanks,
Again , if the soft proof looks like the print then that's all you'll get
from that profile to print. Do remember that much can be gained by good
linearisation via a good rip to maximize quality on output. Even with the
canned rip profiles many rips will fetch you a better balanced and higher
range than many of the profiles available for the 10000 with the Epson
driver.
Neil Snape nsnape @ noos.fr neil_snape @ mac.com
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape
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