Questions about soft-proofing and sharpening for prints
Two questions:
1. II know that in general, images have to be sharpened more for prints than for viewing on screen (presumably because the ink bleeds a bit on paper). With my previous processing software, therefore, images that I sent out to a printer always looked over-sharpened on screen (but the physical prints came out fine).
My question: If my recipe in Capture One includes “Output Sharpening for Print†and I turn on soft-proofing, is the image on the screen supposed to approximate what the actual print will look like? If so, presumably it should notlook over-sharpened, even though I will be sending it to an outside printer, so I should aim for an on-screen appearance (with soft-proofing on) that seems “pleasing†without being over-sharpened. Or should the image on the screen still look over-sharpened if I want to get adequate sharpening in the physical print?
2. For a given recipe (e.g., JPEG resolution of 300 px/in, sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ICC profile, viewing distance = 100% of diagonal, and 100% quality), I notice that the program chooses the same parameter values for “Output Sharpening for Print†(threshold = 0.6 and amount = 80 in this case) regardless of the size of the print. Should I expect the optimal values to be the same regardless of the size of the print? Alternatively, should I expect to need less sharpening (e.g., lower amount) for smaller prints? (If the latter is correct, presumably I should adjust the program’s suggested parameter values in a systematic way that depends on the size of the prints.)
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
1. II know that in general, images have to be sharpened more for prints than for viewing on screen (presumably because the ink bleeds a bit on paper). With my previous processing software, therefore, images that I sent out to a printer always looked over-sharpened on screen (but the physical prints came out fine).
My question: If my recipe in Capture One includes “Output Sharpening for Print†and I turn on soft-proofing, is the image on the screen supposed to approximate what the actual print will look like? If so, presumably it should notlook over-sharpened, even though I will be sending it to an outside printer, so I should aim for an on-screen appearance (with soft-proofing on) that seems “pleasing†without being over-sharpened. Or should the image on the screen still look over-sharpened if I want to get adequate sharpening in the physical print?
2. For a given recipe (e.g., JPEG resolution of 300 px/in, sRGB IEC61966-2.1 ICC profile, viewing distance = 100% of diagonal, and 100% quality), I notice that the program chooses the same parameter values for “Output Sharpening for Print†(threshold = 0.6 and amount = 80 in this case) regardless of the size of the print. Should I expect the optimal values to be the same regardless of the size of the print? Alternatively, should I expect to need less sharpening (e.g., lower amount) for smaller prints? (If the latter is correct, presumably I should adjust the program’s suggested parameter values in a systematic way that depends on the size of the prints.)
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
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Hi!
If You print outside, You should ask printing house for their requirements0 -
Thanks, but that's not the issue. I want to send the image file to the outside printer (which I've used before, with a different photo processing program that I can no longer use with my newer camera) with the appropriate amount of sharpening--which I have to choose. The outside printer does not add or remove any sharpening. Therefore, it's important for me to know how much sharpening to add, and, to know (or estimate) that, I would like to understand better what the soft proofing view is supposed to show. 0 -
How about copy sharpening parameters from a previous program? (Range, Threshold)
Are You sure You can no longer use the previous program? Did You try open DNG or a TIFF in this program?0
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