Thanks Terry!

The purpose of proofing in PS is not just for viewing, but mainly for adjusting the print copy. I do it with PS tools, to which I'm used, more than the QI tools.

Moshe

Hi,

I do my processing in Photoshop and use QI for printing. I want to try doing Soft-Proofing in Photoshop, as part of the preparation of the 'Copy for Print' file which I'll submit later to QI for printing. However, there are one or two points which I need to clarify. (I know QI has the Soft Proof option, but I prefer to do the adjustments in PS.)

I follow these steps:

In Photoshop, I set 'View->Custom Proof Setup' with the printer profile I'm going to use for printing.

I duplicate the original image to create the 'Copy for Print', and arrange the original and the copy in side-by-side windows on the screen, so that I can better compare the two.

I Set 'View' to 'Proof Colors' for the copy, and use the necessary adjustment tools on the copy, to make it look as close as possible to the original.

Then I want to save the copy with 'Save As...'.

In the 'Save As...' dialog, Save Options->Color  'Use proof setup:...' is grayed and cannot be selected (Why? Is there a setting which will enable this option?). The only option is 'ICC Profile:...' the original color space (sRGB, in this case).

For QI to properly deal with the print file, does the printer profile need to be embedded (or tagged) in the file?

QI identifies the input color space as sRGB, is this OK? Doesn't it have to be informed in some way that the image was tweaked according to the printer profile?

Any help will be appreciated,

Moshe