1) Why doesn’t Adobe Lightroom show some ICC colour profiles?
Adobe Lightroom can only access ICC colour profiles that are in the RGB colour space. This includes all colour profiles created for photographic prints. Colour profiles for giclee prints (Fine Art Inkjet or direct prints), are created in the CMYK colour space. These cannot be used in Adobe Lightroom. However, you can use Adobe Photoshop for soft proofs, as it supports both RGB and CMYK colour profiles.
To top2) Does WhiteWall offer colour management (ICC colour profiles)?
Yes, for most products, we offer ICC colour profiles for softproofing. You can find them linked near the bottom of the product page. Please note the aforementioned limitations of CMYK colour profiles if you use Adobe Lightroom.
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In specialty shops, there are various devices for this available that measure the brightness and colour display of your monitor, in order to create a colour profile for your monitor. You can then use this to make sure your monitor has a calibrated display. A prerequisite for this is also using a graphic monitor capable of this.
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ICC profiles not created for individual programs, but for each operating system. Proceed as follows, depending on your operating system:
First, download the ICC profile (file will have a .icc extension).
Installation on macOS: Manually copy the .icc file into the folder:
MacintoshHD:/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
Installation on Windows 7, 8, or 10: Right click on the .icc file and select “Install profile”. The file will automatically be copied to C:/windows/system32/drivers/color
Note: These ICC profiles are only used to display a soft proof. Please do not use these profiles for a (colour space) conversion and do not embed them in the image data.
| WhiteWall printing technique & material | ICC profile |
|---|---|
| Fujicolor Crystal Archive DP II (220g/m²), velvet | |
| Fujicolor Crystal Archive DP II (220g/m²), matte/glossy | |
| Fuji Silk | |
| ultraHD on Fujicolor Crystal Archive DP Maxima (247m/m2), glossy | |
| Metallic ultraHD Photo Print | |
| Fuji Flex | |
| Kodak Pro Ultra Endura (250g/m²), matte/glossy | |
| Ilford B/W Paper |
Please use the black-and-white standard profile Gray Gamma 2.2. |
| Ilford Baryta Paper |
Please use the black-and-white standard profile Gray Gamma 2.2. |
| Foto Print UV Fine Art(135g/m²), matt | |
| Hahnemühle “William Turner” mould paper (310g/m²), matt | |
| Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl (285g/m²), pearlescent | |
| Hahnemühle Photo-Rag (308g/m²), matt | |
| Hahnemühle Torchon (285g/m²), matte | |
| Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta (325g/m²), glossy | |
| Canvas glossy | |
| Canvas matte | |
| Textile print, glossy | |
| Direct print on aluminum Dibond | |
| Direct print behind acrylic glass | |
| Direct print on Forex | |
| Direct print on brushed aluminium | |
| Premium Digital Print - Softcover glossy | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Softcover glossy |
| Premium Digital Print - Softcover SoftTouch | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Softcover SoftTouch |
| Premium Digital Print - Hardcover glossy | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Hardcover glossy |
| Premium Digital Print - Hardcover SoftTouch | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Hardcover SoftTouch |
| Premium Digital Print - Standard Paper | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Standard Paper |
| Premium Digital Print - Premium silk matte paper | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - Premium silk matte paper |
| Premium Digital Print - High gloss finish | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - High gloss finish |
| Premium Digital Print - matte photo paper | ICC Profile Premium Digital Print - matte photo paper |
5) How does soft proofing work?
A soft proof simulates the results of the printing or developing process. This takes the printing or exposure method into account as well as the medium on which your picture will be produced. That means, for example, the white tone of a Fine Art paper or the maximum possible colour space of a photo paper will be simulated. In this way, you can judge the effect of your photograph in advance and make targeted adjustments. It is important, however, to use a calibrated monitor for this.
Soft proofing with Adobe Photoshop:
- Open Adobe Photoshop
- Open the file you want to simulate
- Menu > View > Proof Setup > Custom
- Under “Device To Simulate”, select the profile
- Do not select "Preserve RGB values"
- Rendering intent: "Relative Colorimetric" with “Black Point Compensation”
- Optional: "Simulate Paper Colour"
- Click OK to confirm
- Check your colour profile in fullscreen mode against a gray background
The soft proof is now active for the open image. You can switch it on and off with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + Y.
Additionally, it can be helpful to show the gamut warning (SHIFT + CTRL + Y). These marks the out-of-gamut colours for the intended print paper. This makes it possible to optimize larger colour spaces to the gamut of specific output devices. In Adobe Lightroom, you can use the following softproofing method:
- Open Adobe Lightroom
- Switch into the Develop module
- Beneath the displayed photo, check the soft proof box to activate it.
- In the toolbar on the right-hand side, you will see the soft proof settings
- Under Profile, you can select from all the profiles installed on your computer and activate the simulation. Note that Adobe Lightroom can only show RGB profiles. CMYK profiles will not be shown.
- In the histogram in the top right, you can activate the gamut warning for the selected profile. Lightroom will mark the colours that cannot be optimally reproduced in red. This way, you can make precise adjustments.
6) What printing processes does WhiteWall use?
In addition to various giclee printing processes, we also use traditional exposure and chemical development. Depending on the product and medium, different processes are used. We do direct prints on rigid mediums (Forex foam core, Dibond, Wood) using state-of-the-art UV pigments with large flatbed printers. For prints on Hahnemühle papers, we use a high-quality Fine Art printer from Epson. Canvases are made with a latex printing system. Digital print Photo Books and Photo Calendars used a very detailed Injket print.
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