ReinhardJ Posted March 6, 2020 Posted March 6, 2020 Hello, softproofing over a master page does not seem to work. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but if I put the master page with the softproofing profile on the top level, it won't be accepted.
ReinhardJ Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 Hello, everybody, I have found the solution to this problem: You have to create a parent layer on the softproof master page. Underneath this, the new adjustment level "Softproof". Then transfer the master page to all pages, select the softproof level there, select "edit linked" and put the level at the very top. carl123 1
ReinhardJ Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 One more note: before exporting PDF/X-4 the soft proof layer must be deactivated again. Otherwise black overprinting will not work - this may be a bug.
walt.farrell Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 3 hours ago, ReinhardJ said: One more note: before exporting PDF/X-4 the soft proof layer must be deactivated again. Otherwise black overprinting will not work - this may be a bug. The soft proof adjustment needs to be deactivated in Photo, too, before printing. It makes sense that it needs to be deactivated before exporting, but I'm not sure what all of the effects would be if it weren't. Certainly I would expect colors to be incorrect in the exported file if the adjustment were left active, and that could affect overprinting, I guess. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop 1: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 26.0, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
ReinhardJ Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 Hello, yes, you are absolutely right. It makes no sense to leave the softproof activated. It should only give optical feedback and not determine the PDF output-colour profile. So no bug. walt.farrell 1
Joachim_L Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Maybe a preflight warning before exporting would be nice? walt.farrell 1 ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
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