Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
if sent to a certain device as is, without actually undergoing a conversion
to that device. To see this in action do the following.
1.
Open the
Printer_Test_File.tif
found on your CD.
2.
If your Color Settings are such that you get an
Embedded
Profile Mismatch
, pick the radio button
Use the embedded
profile (instead of the working space)
to preserve the color
space of the document, thus allowing the document to open in
ColorMatch.
3.
Once the
Printer_Test_File.tif
is open, choose
Image-
Duplicate
, give this new document a new name, and click
OK
.
4.
With this new document in the active window, use the
Convert
to Profile
command and convert it into
U.S. Web Coated
(SWOP) v2
.
5.
Under the
View
menu, select
Proof Setup
and then the
Custom
submenu. Click the
Profile
: pop-up menu and select
the
U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated v2
profile.
6.
Click the
Preserve Color Numbers
(
Preserve CMYK
Numbers
in CS2) check box while viewing the soft proof. What
you are seeing is how this document [which is currently in
U.S.
Web Coated (SWOP) v2
] will appear if you sent it to the U.S.
Sheetfed Uncoated v2 press without converting the document to
that output process. The color appearance looks quite different
and probably not very good. You can try picking other CMYK
profiles in the pop-up menu and see how the color appearance
changes. This is a useful feature because it shows you via a soft
proof what you would get sending the original numbers to a
device without first converting to the correct print/output space.
In some cases, if the soft proof is acceptable, you might want to
do this.
Suppose you want to edit the image based upon the soft
proof. There are two options. First, you can simply duplicate the
document by selecting
Image-Duplicate
, and provide a new
name for the document, based on the output device it will be
printed on. Edit the file to produce the color appearance desired
and then convert to the print/output space. Use this duplicated
document for editing the image while keeping the original
master file unaltered. The alternative is to use the original
document but edit on adjustment layers. This will keep the
original underlying data from being affected. Click the
Layers
Palette
flyout menu and select
New Layer Set
and name this
layer set the same as the soft proof currently being used. You can
make multiple layers for any output device you want. Just be
sure to turn off all layers to view the document in the original
RGB working space appearance and turn on the correct layers
