Proof settings are confusing
I find it very misleading that the color profile that is displayed when *not* working in Proof Mode is selected through what is called "Proof Profile". One would expect the selection made under "Proof Profile" to become active then one enables the Proofing Mode.
However: what is selected under "Proof Profile" is *always* displayed outside Proof Mode and *not* when I enable Proof Mode. When I enable Proof Mode, it shows me the currently selected output recipe's profile. Now with the new exporter (C1 v14.3), I have no clue what this is since I cannot see my output recipes without entering the exporter (within which Proof Mode is constantly on).
What happens with this logic: initially I set my "Proof Profile" to sRGB, assuming that it would only be emulated during "Proof Mode", however I had to learn that ALL my images where displayed in sRGB on a wide gamut display.
This is all very very confusing.
Please make this thing logic. It does not make sense at all as it is currently handled and only poses a risk of displaying the wrong profiles all the time.
Also, for any proofing, I find it incredibly helpful if there would be an option for Paper White emulation.
Finally, when entering Proof Mode a little "Proof" tab appears on the image. It would be incredibly helpful if this tab would also indicate which proof profile is currently displayed. And it would totally rock if one could change the profile by clicking on this tab.
Thank you!
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Soft proofing and the use of profiles in Capture One really isn't as straight forward as it maybe could be. There is room for improvement in my opinion.
For my workflow I decided to deactivate "enable recipe proofing" in the view menu and set the profile to Adobe RGB in the "proof profile" selection under the view menu. And yes...it makes no sense why this is called "proof profile" as it is not the one that is activated by clicking on the proof icon but the one that is used to view all images in the browser/viewer. Maybe it should be called view profile?
With my settings described above C1 displays all my pictures in Adobe RGB. If I want to softproof, ich right click the softproof icon, select the recipe with the icc profile e.g. for my paper I will be printing on and activate the proof icon. I created a recipe for every paper/icc profile I want to be able to softproof.
I would love to see Capture One improving the soft proof function. Following features would be great in my opinion:
- possibility to choose the rendering intend within the proof view
- possibility to disable the paper and ink simulation; when I compare the softproof to the one in lightroom it seems as if C1 has the ink and paper simulation always activated; in lightroom i can enable or disable it
- possibility to activate a split screen view or side by side comparison view of the picture with and without proof
- option to automatically switch to a white background when activating proof view
- select an icc profile by right clicking the proof button so there is no need to create a export recipe for each profile only to have it as an option in the proof button submenu
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I'd like to add
- option to switch on/off Black point compensation
- option for out-of-gamut warning
Please not in another modal window...
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