Adobe Photoshop - Soft Proof Preview

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Adobe Photoshop - Soft Proof Preview
A Technique for Fine Tuning RGB Images for Printing
. Ian Lyons
In my essays describing how to configure colour management within Photoshop 6, 7 and CS I
briefly mention a feature called Proof Setup. So what is Proof Setup and why do we need it?
What is Proof Setup and why do we need it?
Whilst our typical inkjet printer uses CMYK inks the images we create and edit in Photoshop
are usually RGB. Likewise our monitors are designed to display RGB. We know that prints
are reflective and the output from the monitor emissive. We also know that the colour gamut
and dynamic range of printed material is vastly different to that of our typical monitor. So
given these mismatches between the printer and monitor a good visual match between the two
devices is actually quite difficult to achieve. However, using the magic of colour management
we can use our monitor to provide accurate preview or Soft Proof of how the image will
actually print. Once we have an accurate preview we can usually fine-tune the RGB image to…