Re: Soft-proof copying in Photoshop
Hi Steve, many thanks for your answer. I tried the profile conversion before I posted my question but it seems that I cannot imitate the "simulate black Ink" feature of the soft proof by this method. If I use rel col the contrast is much too high compared to the soft proof. With perceptual rendering the contrast looks more similar but is still a little too high. Would you recommend to use the curves tool to adjust the black values of the converted image or is there any other trick? Regards, Peter Baumbach
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:45:28 -0700 From: Steve Upton <upton@chromix.com> To: "Colorsync-users@lists.apple.com List" <colorsync-users@lists.apple.com> Subject: Re: Soft-proof copying in Photoshop Message-ID: <CECE44F7-4A8E-48D0-8D09-8B87A71F825E@chromix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Peter Baumbach <grifterstudios@gmx.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have printed black & white images with ImagePrint and used their special b&w non icc profiles and the split toning feature. I also made an icc profile to be able to soft-proof the image in Photoshop before printing with ImagePrint.
How can I "copy" the soft-proofed image including the special split tones and the paper black simulation? I need realistic files for my web site.
If you like what you see on screen, try converting to profile TO your print profile (rel col), and then converting to profile TO sRGB (also rel col)
Your results will depend on how your soft proofing profile was made but I think it should work for you.
regards,
Steve
On Aug 1, 2013, at 1:42 AM, Peter Baumbach <grifterstudios@gmx.net> wrote:
many thanks for your answer. I tried the profile conversion before I posted my question but it seems that I cannot imitate the "simulate black Ink" feature of the soft proof by this method. If I use rel col the contrast is much too high compared to the soft proof. With perceptual rendering the contrast looks more similar but is still a little too high. Would you recommend to use the curves tool to adjust the black values of the converted image or is there any other trick?
Well first, it sounds like Tyler's method of assigning might be better. The difference comes down to this: If you print your image to your printer *without* any profile conversion, then the assigning method (then converting to sRGB) is correct. The conversion method I suggested is best if the profile would be used to convert the image prior to printing. It sounded like you were happy with the soft proofing which *likely* used the same basic steps. On the other hand if you had "preserve color numbers" checked in the proofing setup, then that's Photoshop's way of assigning, the soft proofing… regards, Steve
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