csf file vs. profile
csf file vs. profile
- Subject: csf file vs. profile
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:27:49 -0400
I'm a photographer who is putting together an ad for myself in a source
book.
Probably one of the most important vehicles in generating clients.
The printer has provided a "settings" file a .csf file for photoshop.
Wen this .csf file is invoked the working spaces are:
RGB "monitor RGB (calibration/profile file)"
CMYK " Eurostandard (patinato), 15%, GCR, Bassa"
All my files are Adobe RGB 98- so I've concluded that the conversion
should take place from this color space.
Pulling up the custom CMYK reveals:
(actually I'm not sure this really reveals the settings, since it does
not seem to work if selecting "Euroscale Coated v2"
- instead SWOP settings show up - but still the settings below are the
same as indicated by a screen grab they provided )
Eurostandard (patinato)
Dot Gain 15%
GCR
LIGHT - black generation
100% black
370% total ink
UCA 30%
my questions:
Does not this approach harp back to PS4 conversion engine and is not as
good as a properly profiled approach ?
(the printer is Mondadori in italy and another source book using the
same printer indicated a profile rather than a .csf file
I think it was Euroscale coated v2)
Several of my main images have a lot of neutral tonalities in them, so
would it not be better to generate a heavier black plate ?
Conversion has been preselected as Relative Colorimetric w/ BPC.
I'm under the impression that Relative Colorimetric "clobbers the
shadow detail".
Is that so and does BPC remedy this ?
I'm trying to pay particular attention to all this since my experience
over many years is that my images always suffer.
Flat, fuzzy and off color. Yes, I am demanding and I know this printer
is one of the very best, but still .....
Thank you beforehand for any input
Ulf Skogsbergh
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