Digital BW, The Print

I have used a viewing booth for colour work with a friend of mine who is a
pro fashion photographer (I don't have a viewing booth at home).  We had
matches that were bang on when Simulate Paper Color and Ink Black were
checked (without them checked the black was way off for obvious reasons).
So I think the model works well.  As to whether it is USEFUL is a whole
different story, especially if you are an artist/hobbyist and you don't have
full control over the lighting conditions in which your work is viewed.  I'd
like to improve the lighting conditions of my work area (and hence I intend
to get some solux bulbs) but as soon as I move my prints away from D50
lighting I know the soft proof match is no longer valid.


> From: Roy Harrington <roy@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:18:52 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ICC Soft Proofing -- The issue . . .
> 
> 
> I have to agree that I don't particularly like either of the Simulate check
> boxes.
> These are both Photoshop features not ICC features.  There is no info about
> what PS is really doing with these.  The only thing that the ICC profile has
> in it
> that I think is relevant is the media white-point and black-point.  These are
> just the values read for the paper white and the darkest ink patch.
> 
> The major difference between 2.3.0 and 2.3.2 is that the former used a single
> gray transfer tag so soft-proof really didn't show anything.  The new one uses
> the color lookup tables which have two curves -- a gray one for printing and a
> color one for the softproofing.
> 
> Roy