How do I use soft-proofing in Affinity Designer? (To be able to see a preview of how my digital art will look when printed)

[The Rogue of Space]

Hello there, I'm super new to the concept of getting my digital art ready for print. I've been told to try Affinity Designer for "Soft Proofing" but I have no idea how to turn that on, nor do I really understand exactly what that does.. but I hope to learn once I actually learn how to enable that feature. 

 

Another thing I've been told to do is; Export as a PDF/X-1a:2001 format.

{I just found the PDF/X-3:2003 & one called PDF(Print)}

 

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

There is an old Affinity Photo (Desktop) tutorial about Soft Proofing, available from the Legacy Photo Tutorials page.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10119-legacy-official-affinity-photo-desktop-video-tutorials

This one: https://player.vimeo.com/video/152413642

The concepts taught in that tutorial should also apply to the iPad version of the applications, I think, though the screen layout will of course be quite different.

 

29 minutes ago, The Rogue of Space said:

Export as a PDF/X-1a:2001 format.

The Affinity applications do not support that old format. The :2003 that you found is its replacement, but some print shops seem stuck on the older format.

[The Rogue of Space]

52 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

There is an old Affinity Photo (Desktop) tutorial about Soft Proofing, available from the Legacy Photo Tutorials page.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10119-legacy-official-affinity-photo-desktop-video-tutorials

This one: https://player.vimeo.com/video/152413642

The concepts taught in that tutorial should also apply to the iPad version of the applications, I think, though the screen layout will of course be quite different.

 

The Affinity applications do not support that old format. The :2003 that you found is its replacement, but some print shops seem stuck on the older format.

Okay, I'll check this out. Brains melting trying to figure this out

I wish there was a iPad video tutorial, I read through AD's user guide on Soft Proof Adjustments & tried figuring it out with the text guide... can't get past step 1

 

It says it's in adjustment studio but it's not

Edited June 15, 2022 by The Rogue of Space

[walt.farrell]

37 minutes ago, The Rogue of Space said:

I read through AD's user guide on Soft Proof Adjustments & tried figuring it out with the text guide... can't get past step 1

 

It says it's in adjustment studio but it's not

It's there in my Designer on iPad:

[The Rogue of Space]

30 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

It's there in my Designer on iPad:

Okay, thanks, I didn't know I could scroll down beyond Shadows/Highlights 👍🏽 I wonder which profile I should use for preparing for a print run

[walt.farrell]

13 minutes ago, The Rogue of Space said:

I wonder which profile I should use for preparing for a print run

The one matching the inks and paper it will be printed on. If you're having them professionally printed the print shop should be able to tell you.