Digital BW, The Print

Jim,

>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark"
><paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>>  Today I've been using the PS 6 Preview/View, Proof Setup, Custom
>> Profile/Tyler post method (all in a single function keystroke PS
"Action"
>> now).  So far it's working very well and very easily.
>


>Yes, I tried it last night and it works well. Also, I'm relieved to
>know that my method doesn't mess things up. ...

>1) When I open a new image, I have to go through the softproof setup
>anew. This can be put in an action of course and made simple. But it
>seems that there must be some way to get Photoshop to always remember
>the softproof setup, so that all one has to do is toggle it on or off
>for any newly opened image.

You should not have to re-do the custom dot gain curve.  That should have
been saved in a place where the preview looks.  You do have to go to View,
Proof Setup, Custom, ... .  It is these keystrokes that can be easily put
into an Action, so that a single function key (in Windows) does the entire
procedure immediately.

I don't know if there is a way that PS would initiate the Action upon each
opening.  I'm not sure that I'd want that anyway, since not all the images I
open are going to be printed through the workflow to which the custom dot
gain curve matched.

>2) How about reverse-softproofing? That is, set the color settings to
>the custom dotgain, and the softproofing setup to gamma 2.2....the
>real question here is can one toggle on softproofing when wanting to
>print only, and will it convert from that "soft" space to sRGB
>accurately so that your curves could be applied and then print output
>obtained?

I don't know.  It's getting too complex for me to deal with this morning.
You might try the various approached with the 21-step test file, and just
measure the values of the 95% after the RGB conversion, but before a tone
curve is applied.  That is where the mis-mapping of the first procedure I
tries became apparent (as well as in the prints).  So, just know where the
95% is supposed to end up in RGB and see where it ends up with the procedure
you're thinking about.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com