Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tyler.   As far as I can tell softproofing with the LAB gray profile does
exactly the same thing as just assigning your file to the Lab gray space.

I've also found that the softproofs I made for one specific inkset (UT2 on 1270)
work surprisingly well for many other situations.   I think B&W turns out to be
a lot easier to work with a fairly generic softproof.

I've been experimenting with a shortened Lab profile to reflect a typical dmin
and dmax, but there's a awful lot of combinations of Black Pt Comp, Ink Black,
Paper White and Intents.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> wrote:
> 
> You can also do the custom gray space soft proof thingy by eye, and
> for free. Also, I imagine there are plenty of members on this list
> with an EyeOne that would be happy to linearize your QTR output, and
> make you a preview profile. Worth asking, might have to pay some small
> fee.
> Or, if you work in Roy's custom LAB gray space, you may get a very
> good match without any softproof method at all. Or, perhaps you can
> use Roy's LAB space as the softproof space. Roy?
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> <jm-ferreira@b...> wrote:
> > Lou,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks for the info ! I was trying to avoid the expense this involves
> > though…
> > 
> > I guess I'll just create a set of prints with different variations and
> > decide with my eyes.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > José
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ldina [mailto:lbdina@c...] 
> > Sent: vendredi, 7. janvier 2005 03:34
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Soft proofing profiles for QTR (Win XP) ?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > Jose,
> > 
> > Yes, there is a way and it is very accurate.  You can preview the 
> > tonal range and the toning or a specific profile in Photoshop.  You 
> > will need a spectrophotometer and a profiling package such as Eye One 
> > Match or ProfileMaker.  The soft proofing procedure is on Roy 
> > Harrington's website.  It's easy and fast if you have the spectro and 
> > software.  You build a small "proofing profile" and use it in PS only 
> > for proofing.  You can then create an adjustment layer to correct the 
> > image until you like what you see.  Then save it as a flattened 8-bit 
> > TIFF for printing.  You would still use the standard QTR profile for 
> > printing.  I have done it an it works great.  The match from PS to 
> > the print is outstanding.
> > 
> > Lou
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <jm-
> > ferreira@b...> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Is there a way of previewing what the print will look like (colour 
> > wise)
> > > from PS CS, before printing it with QTR ?
> > > 
> > > It would be great if the QTR GUI had a preview window…
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > José Miguel Ferreira
> > > 
> > > T: (+41) 076 472 09 15
> > > 
> > >  < <http://www.jmf-photo.net> http://www.jmf-photo.net>
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