soft proof: tutorial are badly needed

[srg]

I have big problems with soft proof  and its application in AP. For example, why soft proofing at the end and not from the very beginning of the post process. Are the layers used to soff proof on top of a finished photo in a group and as such grouped or not?

There are very few tutorial on this and expanding would be very helpful.

Thank you for any help.

[RMole]

Hi, yes an Affinity tutorial on Soft Proofing would be ideal. However I found this very helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb8_yxRK7gA

 

[walt.farrell]

There is one Soft Proofing tutorial in this set of legacy tutorials: 

 

[RichardMH]

 Softproofing is probably more a personal workflow thing. If I'm preparing for print and know the paper I'll use I start early with softproofing at the top all  the way through. If I'm preparing for web and print I'll do it at the end, often after creating another version. It gets trickier as I have different monitor calibrations for print and web.

[RMole]

Hi and thanks for your comment.

Your sophistication is very much higher than mine.

A path I am progressing along. 

[RichardMH]

31 minutes ago, RMole said:

Hi and thanks for your comment.

Your sophistication is very much higher than mine.

A path I am progressing along. 

I did a few printing and preparing for print workshops and just passing on what I learnt there. Tricky bit is remembering to turn off soft proofing when you print or export to print.

[RMole]

Yes, absolutely

[srg]

5 hours ago, RichardMH said:

I did a few printing and preparing for print workshops and just passing on what I learnt there. Tricky bit is remembering to turn off soft proofing when you print or export to print.

Confused, you turn off soft proof before printing, not after?

[walt.farrell]

51 minutes ago, srg said:

Confused, you turn off soft proof before printing, not after?

Yes, before printing. The Soft Proof Adjustment simulates the paper and profile changes that the printing process will make to your original image. If you didn't turn it off before printing, those changes would be done twice: once by your adjustment layer, and once by the printer/driver.

[srg]

30 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Yes, before printing. The Soft Proof Adjustment simulates the paper and profile changes that the printing process will make to your original image. If you didn't turn it off before printing, those changes would be done twice: once by your adjustment layer, and once by the printer/driver.

Thank you but just to make sure, in the example I uploaded, which one I turn off before printing? soft proof alone?

 

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, srg said:

soft proof alone?

Yes, just as shown in the Soft Proof tutorial I referenced above. Here's the direct link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/152413642

[srg]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Yes, just as shown in the Soft Proof tutorial I referenced above. Here's the direct link: https://player.vimeo.com/video/152413642

Thank you

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.