Datacolor User to User Support Group.

On Aug 23, 2011, at 4:13 PM, johnlill2 wrote:

> Thanks again, David. Maybe I was not clear. The problem is not that I want to edit these particular profiles. If I print from Photoshop I am getting great results and I'm happy with the profile created by the Spyder software. My problem is that the softproof in the Datacolor software is very faded so it is useless to see if I want to tweak it. Since softproof in Photoshop & Qimage are accurate, I can just use that to see if I want to tweak anything. I cannot do that within the Spyder software since the softproof is not even close to the actual print. I did print the test image from within the Spyder software and has MUCH deeper blacks that the softproof shows. It looks just like the softproof from Photoshop and Qimage.
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> This is definitely not a show-stopper for me since I am satisfied with the generated profiles without any tweaking. I just expected the softproof to be accurate, and it is not even close. I'm assuming that I am doing something wrong but I have no idea what!
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John:

Spyder3Print's softproof is accurate, in that it gives you the same softproof that Photoshop
gives you when Photoshop's paper white and black ink simulation are turned on.

Spyder3Print doesn't, as of this writing, have the ability to turn OFF those features the way
that Photoshop does. That's the difference. It's not a question of accuracy, it's a question
of "features" that are available in the softproof.

Spyder3Print's softproofing isn't intended to be a replacement for Photoshop's softproofing.
S3P is a profile building application, not a fully-featured softproofing application.

David Miller
Senior Software Developer, Digital Color Solutions
Datacolor