ADI - Colour Management III

• Profiling, Soft-Proofint & Printing
• The Printspace - download print profiles
• Also hahnemeuhle.com > Digital Fine Art > ICC Profiles > Style Pro 3800 > Photo Rag duo
• Print profiles .icc
• System > Library > Color Sync > Profiles
• Photoshop > Show > Doc. Profile - Adobe RGB
• Window > Arrange > New Window For… > Drag
• Window > Arrange > Tile
• View > Gamut Warning - grey areas will not print
• View - Proof Setup > Custom > Device to Simulate - Working CMYK + Relative Colormetric + Black Point Comp.
• Relative Colormetric v Perceptual, first keeps tones
• Select Color & Saturation
• Image > New Adj Layer > Selective Color (need to delete alpha channels)
• Flatten Image & Save
• Edit > Convert to Profile
• Profile has changed (little arrow at bottom)
• Prepare for Print - 8 bit
• Image > Image Size > 300 dpi
• If you need to interpolate do so in 10% increments
• Leica M8 13x8 print
• Allow for border
• Last job is to Sharpen
• Save as High Res JPG or TIF
• If you have your printer, no need to soft-proof
• A4 on A3 gives a nice border
• Canvas 42cm x 29.7cm
• File > Page Setup - make sure paper size ok and orientate
• Check color management in top right corner
• Color Handling > Photoshop Manages Color
• Printer Profile > (select the one you need)
• Rendering Intent - Always - Relative Colormetric
• Check Black Point Comp.
• Presets > Print Settings > Media Type > Color Adjustment - Turn Off
• 1440 or higher
• You can save the print settings as a preset
• Test Strips
• Crop Tool > width 3cm, height is same as image
• Crop the part you want
• File > Print > Position Left 1 (for Landscape) then left 6, then left 11
• Sharpening is always done last (otherwise creates halos)
• Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask - Amount 100%, Radius 1.0 - test strip
• Sharpen in small increments