Indeed, Bob.
And I use soft-proofing in Aperture – when I remember . . .
Chris
On 13 Dec 2013, at 16:48, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And I should suspect in turn that the print function through Aperture is
> well-refined.
>
> I used to process in Mac, and port over to my Windows machine to print
> through Qimage, which is an excellent low-cost RIP only available for
> Windows. It allowed me all kinds of variety in how I set up my print jobs. I
> did not expect ever to abandon it, but then did just that when I started
> using Lightroom. I think LR does a much better job, especially since adding a
> soft proofing option in the DEVELOP module and a print adjustment option in
> the PRINT module.
>
> Soft proofing lets you make subtle adjustments to your image based on what
> kind of paper you plan to print on. It even has a checkbox to emulate paper
> surface, but I think it emulates too aggressively. I usually check the box
> just to see what it says, but uncheck it to make actual adjustments. (The
> soft-proof image does change depending on which paper you select. Profiles
> for papers use the icc profiles that either came with the printer or that you
> have downloaded from the printer manufacturer's site.)
>
> The soft-proof function also will show you which of your colors will be out
> of gamut for your paper and printer. For example, and well-saturated image
> output to a matte paper will tend to have out of gamut colors. The printer
> will do the best it can, but they won't be the same as what you see on the
> monitor. Having seen what's out of gamut (and again, this sometimes is way
> too aggressive), you can adjust the file so that the colors come back into
> gamut. Proof the same file on a glossy or luster paper, and the out of gamut
> warnings frequently disappear.
>
> The print adjustment option allows you to add brightness or contrast to
> printed output, but you have to experiment with it because it doesn't show
> you the result of your adjustments on screen. The reason it's there is to
> ameliorate the effects of size, either large or small, which will alter
> brightness and contrast as seen on the original file. We often talk about the
> need to pay attention to sharpening when we change sizes for printing, but
> it's also important to monitor brightness and contrast as well.
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