Hi I’m new to this, I’ve done my home work but I’m confused about somethings.
I’m using a PC but I also have a MAC and could switch to it if the fact that I’m using a PC is contributing to my confusion. In some of the on line literature, as well as here in this forum it appears as though the qidf curves are being referred to as profiles. My intuition tells me that these curves are more like media type settings since they control ink levels. The profile would be the ICC profile being created using the Eye one and the Create ICC RGB droplet. If my intuition is correct than the curves (media types) and profiles should be working in tandem. Yet I have never encountered, in the any of the manuals or tutorials an indication that the curves are used in conjunction with the profile. In fact on a PC it is not clear how one might use the QTR rip with the ICC profile (unless of course the files are previously converted in Photoshop)
Are the ICC profiles simply for soft proofing and if so does this mean that results sent from the RGB ( or Greyscale ) work space through the QTR rip using the ink level curve are identical to a virtual colour conversion to the ICC profile (created using the quid curve) ?
Thanks for any clarification you can provide me
Eugene