softproof in publisher for the whole document?

[affinota]

Hi,

I know softproof just as a layer within a page, but is there any possibility to activate and deactivate softproof for the whole document?

Cheers

affinota

[Oufti]

Put this layer on a Master page applied to all pages (you can have multiple Master pages applied on the same page). Then you can hide or show the Softproof for all pages at once. 

[affinota]

@Oufti

this is a good idea, but it seems to have no effect on the page with the master page embedded.

[affinota]

by the way, if I export the document in publisher with softproof on each page, the softproof will not be exported to PDF etc.? So I can let it enabled.

[Oufti]

15 minutes ago, affinota said:

by the way, if I export the document in publisher with softproof on each page, the softproof will not be exported to PDF etc.? So I can let it enabled.

From Help pages:

"As it behaves like a standard adjustment layer, softproof adjustlment must be hidden or removed before exporting or sending to print, otherwise its effect will be included in the output."

[Oufti]

1 hour ago, affinota said:

it seems to have no effect on the page with the master page embedded.

Indeed. I didn't test before as it sounded… a good idea. 😄

It seems possible but not as easy as I naively thought:

 

[affinota]

10 minutes ago, Oufti said:

softproof adjustlment must be hidden or removed before exporting or sending to print

oh, nice to know, thanks!

4 minutes ago, Oufti said:

It seems possible but not as easy as I naively thought:

that would be a nice feature.

The solution seems to be, puting the master page at the front of the layers.

 

Anyway, I already softproofed it on each page... no I must deactivate it... on each page... brrrr.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, Oufti said:

It seems possible but not as easy as I naively thought:

If you mean moving the Master page with the Soft Proof adjustment to the top of the document layer (with or without doing that via Edit Linked to apply it to all document pages at once) I cannot get that to work. For example, I can choose one of the greyscale soft proofs but it has no effect on how colored shapes appear in document pages.

What am I missing?

[Oufti]

45 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I cannot get that to work. For example, I can choose one of the greyscale soft proofs but it has no effect on how colored shapes appear in document pages.

Have you grouped the adjustment layer with itself? 

On 5/12/2021 at 3:50 PM, walt.farrell said:

[…] Next, select your Master Page and edit it. Add your adjustment layer, and then with the layer selected Group it with itself (Ctrl/Cmd + G). If it's on its own, not part of a group, it won't have any effect. 

 

[HCl]

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[R C-R]

30 minutes ago, Oufti said:

Have you grouped the adjustment layer with itself? 

No, I missed that part. If I do self-group it, it works.

Thanks.