Graphics Programs Reference
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option is on. Therefore, when you want to view the document with
Sim-
ulate Paper Color
simulation, view the document in full screen mode and
with a black background and no rulers showing. Press Tab to hide all the
palettes and then press “F” until the entire image is surrounded by a black
background.
Pipeline Considerations
Once I have an output profile I know I'll use many times, I'll set up a
custom, saved soft proof to have available in the
Proof Setup
submenu.
Since I'll want to view at least two rendering intents (Perceptual and Rel-
ative Colorimetric), I'll make two saved settings for the one output profile
using each rendering intent. Next I will make a set for each output profile
and rendering intent using
Simulate Paper Color
. Therefore, I will have four
saved settings per output profile. One set is using the perceptual intent
with and without
Simulate Paper Color
selected. The second set is for rel-
ative colorimetric intent with and without
Simulate Paper Color
selected.
For most editing sessions, I work with the
Simulate Paper Color
check boxes
off and then toggle them on to see how the image appears in full screen
mode. Because rendering intents can be previewed using a soft proof, I
know which intent I prefer based upon each image I am working with.
I can select that rendering intent when it comes time to prepare the doc-
ument for print using the
Print with Preview
option discussed later.
Photoshop alerts you when the soft proof is on by updating the doc-
ument title. For example, when I open the Printer Test File and pick a
saved soft-proof setting I made for a Lightjet printer, the title updates
from
Printer Test file
@
33.3% RGB
/8 to
Printer Test file
@
33.3%
(RGB/8/Lightjet)
. The filename is shown first, then the current zoom mag-
nification. The color space of the image and its bit depth (8-bit or 16-bit)
is displayed after that. When the soft proof is on, Photoshop appends the
name of the soft proof currently being utilized. A quick way to toggle the
soft proof on and off is to use Command/Control Y. The default soft proof
is always
Working CMYK
. If you would rather have your own soft proof
used as a default, first save a custom soft proof. Then select it with no
document open from the
View-Proof Setup
submenu. Another option is to
open the
Proof Setup
(
Customize Proof Condition
in CS2) dialog, and config-
ure the settings you wish. Next, hold down the Option/Alt key, which
will toggle the Load buttons to Æ
Default,
and click this updated button.
The ¨ Default is used to toggle to the previous set configuration. You
can have multiple soft proof windows open from the same document.
In Photoshop, select
Window-Arrange-New Window
for (document name).
You can have several of these windows open and set up different
soft proofs, whereby you might have the same output profile but two dif-
ferent rendering intents. As you edit the image, all the previews will
update.
