I can't supply a link to a reference for it, but I can say from personal experience that it works well. Without it, our vision tends to adjust such that an image that's too dark appears correct. I don't know what Adobe was thinking when they defaulted to a dark screen in the last versions which only makes matters worse. A white border represents something like a paper white reference so it establishes a baseline guide for brightness. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Fleisher Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 3:27 PM To: ColorSync Users Mailing List Subject: Soft Proofing with White Border It is recommended that when you soft proof an image on screen compared to a print on white paper (or predicting the print on white paper), that you have a minimum 1" white border surrounding the image on screen. Does anyone know of a good link to a (preferably) non-profit web site that explains in plain English why this is necessary? I need to supply a good reference for it and the link I had been using has gone dead. Thanks! Ken Fleisher _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Colorsync-users mailing list (Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/colorsync-users/jc%40technicalphoto.... This email sent to jc@technicalphoto.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3222/6633 - Release Date: 09/03/13

Hello all. I just wanted to give a quick follow-up to my original question. I have finally located the article that my broken link originally pointed to. In case anyone is interested, it is: http://www.naturescapes.net/articles/techniques/ten-tips-for-better-prints/#... Cheers, Ken Fleisher On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Ken Fleisher <PT_Ken@netbox.com> wrote:

It is recommended that when you soft proof an image on screen compared to a print on white paper (or predicting the print on white paper), that you have a minimum 1" white border surrounding the image on screen. Does anyone know of a good link to a (preferably) non-profit web site that explains in plain English why this is necessary? I need to supply a good reference for it and the link I had been using has gone dead.

Thanks! Ken Fleisher