Photoshop and Color Management - Color Management for Photographers - page 93

Fig. 2-19 The Proof Setup
menu in Photoshop CS2
seen here shows a
hierarchal submenu of
preset and custom options
for viewing a soft proof.
show you what a document looks like on a Macintosh, using a TRC
gamma of 1.8 outside of an ICC-aware application such as most Web
browsers. Windows RGB functions the same but uses a TRC gamma of 2.2.
These two options can be useful if you want to see how files will appear
on different platforms outside of ICC-aware applications like Photoshop.
Monitor RGB produces the same function but uses your ICC display profile
to produce the previews, without regard to the document's embedded
profile. This shows how a document will appear on your system outside
of ICC-aware applications. As the names here imply, these options will
be accessible only for documents in RGB.
Proof Setup/Customize Proof Condition
The soft-proof settings can be customized and saved when selecting the
Custom submenu found in Proof Setup (see Figs. 2-20 and 2-21). The Proof