Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

I think you will find that the look of the 'simulate paper white' in 
Photoshop's softproof is a factor of the profile-making program, not 
Photoshop. My old version of Colorvision's ProfilerPro had the facility of 
editing the amount of the paper white simulation in the profile. If I 
remember rightly, all one is doing is changing the black and white points in 
the reverse profile table for that particular paper profile. So you can make 
the profile, and therefore the softproof, match your perception of 'real'.

Bob Frost.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Kale" <stevekale@...>
>
> How are people using the Soft Proof with the Create ICC profiles?  I
> find that (using 2.3.2) checking BPC makes no difference in the
> appearance of the image on screen, but that selecting simulate paper
> white washes out the black unrealistically, *particularly in prints
> with large shadow areas.*

Unfortunately this is "real".  Look away when you hit the button.  As a
test, take an ICC profile for colour output to the same paper and compare
the look of the soft proof.  I would be surprised that Adobe's
implementation of these features has not been checked and approved by many,
many colour gurus.