Fine Art Inkjet Printing: The Craft and Art of the Fine Digital Print by Jim Nickelson

Author:Jim Nickelson [Nickelson, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Published: 2017-03-28T04:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 7-2: With the Relative rendering intent selected and Simulate Paper & Ink turned off, the soft proof version on the right is relatively close to the original image on the left. The blue in this image is out-of-gamut for the selected paper, and toggling the rendering intent back and forth led me to choose Relative rendering intent as a better match for what I wanted out of my print. In this case, Relative Colorimetric gave me a deeper blue at the expense of some loss of gradation—but since this is an image with little gradation, I decided that the deeper blue was more important for this specific photograph.

Next, select the Simulate Paper & Ink button in the Soft Proofing panel to see the soft proof based on your chosen profile (Figure 7-3). You will likely see an image that looks noticeably worse than the original (usually more dull or less contrasty), and that is to be expected with this option.

The idea behind Simulate Paper & Ink is that it is trying to simulate the loss of contrast and punch going from screen to print, and that you can then modify the soft proof to bring it in line with the original image. The theory is a good one, but I find from my subjective experience that it often exaggerates the effect so much that I don’t find it useful. Therefore, I typically don’t use this option. I encourage you to try it yourself to see if it matches your perception of the drop-off between screen and print, as others disagree with me. Even if you treat it with caution like myself, it still can provide valuable information about the sorts of challenges you’ll face when making your print as well as the types of edits you can do to conquer those challenges.

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