I have some confusion on the selection of white point when calibrating my
monitors.
I have always used Native White Point and had good results with my Dell
Adobe RGB LCD monitor. A good monitor to print match is important to me.
The Native WP on this monitor is around 5700-5800K, which works well with
the somewhat neutral to warm papers I print on.
I know that an image displayed in Photoshop without an active soft proof
will be mapped to monitor white . So, a monitor calibrated to 6500K will
display cooler than a monitor calibrated to 5000K.
But, when you soft proof, with the Paper White box checked, shouldn't the
soft proof look the same on a 5000K and a 6500K MONITOR? As I understand
it, two "conversions" occur. The first conversion is from the document
working space to the printer profile. Then a second conversion occurs from
the printer profile numbers to the monitor using RC rendering. If neither
Black Ink or Paper White boxes are checked, the simulation on screen
ignores paper color and weak blacks. But, if Paper White is checked,
shouldn't the paper color and reduced dynamic range appear the same on
monitors that are calibrated differently. That doesn't seem to be my
experience. I'm assuming that the monitor profiles accurately characterize
the current calibration of each monitor.
I'd prefer to calibrate to 6500K, but I find my prints always come out too
yellow because I am adding more yellow to my image on screen to compensate
for the cooler display. When printed, the warmth of most of my papers
results in skin tones that are too yellow.
What am I missing?
Thanks, Lou