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> The second question deals with evaluating the profile with
> SpyderProof. When I soft proof the adobe church I see "noise-like"
> blotches across the top of the blue sky (all intents). If I soft
> proof in my printing program (QImage) I don't see the blotches. Is
> Spyder Proof more "severe"?
>
Sounds like possible bad measurements. You can evaluate your results,
as I'm doing in that first longer video, to look for errors. (Of course,
my measurements were good and didn't have any; I'll have to do another
smaller video to show what bad measurements look like, but just watch
for patches that totally shift color or are too light or out-of-place
next to their neighbors). If you're still not sure, email me at
davem@... and attach your measurements to look at
(use File:Open Data to open the folder that contains them)
> Also, is there any way to load another
> profile into Spyder Proof (That was not made by Spyder Print)? I
> would like to load the Ilford profile and SpyderProof it to compare
> to the PrintFix profile. I tried File-Open Profile but I get a
> Windows can not open this file message.
>
>
No. (for once, an easy answer!)

The "Open Profiles" command in the File menu opens the FOLDER on your
system that contains profiles. It doesn't open profiles themselves.
You need to use a different utility to look at the gamut shapes of
profiles and evaluate them that way (in Mac OSX, the built-in
ColorSync Utility can do that for you).

Also: you can softproof through profiles quite easily in Photoshop,
using any images that you like, including the set we provide for
SpyderProof (the files are in the Proof subfolder in your Spyder3Print
application folder). Use View:Proof Setup:Custom in Photoshop (look
at my long video on the Datacolor site to see how to set things up
in that dialog).


David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor