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This kind of workflow might be useful if there is need to view or define colors in RGB color space (for richer, more saturated colors). images) in Blurb CMYK color space, you could well use Soft Proof adjustment and pick the correct ICC profile with Relative Colorimetric rendering intent and Black Point Compensation checked and use the adjustment at the top of the Layers stack (just remember to turn it off before exporting the production PDF). On the other hand, if your document is in RGB mode and you want to have a preview of RGB colors (e.g. If your document is in CMYK mode, all colors (including colors of placed RGB images) would be shown in target CMYK color space so you would automatically see colors as if using soft proof mode permanently so there is no point in using Soft proof adjustment. have black text (C0 M0 Y0 K100) and possible K-based gray values changed to four-color values. If it is in CMYK mode, and you really want to use the Blurb profile, you can do it from here, but you should ensure that you have 'Assign' option selected because otherwise existing color values would be changed and you would e.g. The paths may also vary depending on the operating system version, the ones mentioned here are from Ventura and have been the same at least since Big Sur.Īs for usage of the color profile, it all depends on whether you have your document in CMYK or RGB color mode (File > Document Setup > Color). Version 2 apps seem to be able to read the profiles from the common locations under /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. Users//Library/Application Support/Affinity Publisher/profiles so that Publisher can find them. The latter need to be installed as per app under the user's library, e.g. If you have version 1 Affinity app the location where the ICC profiles need to be installed varies depending on whether you have purchased the app from Apple Store or directly from Serif. The profile you mention (and the Blurb version of it) do work fine with Affinity apps.

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I think I'll just try to download that ICC profile and see what happens. Now that I use and enjoy Affinity pretty much every day I, I try to expand my knowledge of its capabilities little by little.Īgain, thanks to both of your for sharing your knowledge. But I'm always seeking to learn and improve my technique, even though I'm not a professional. Over the years I've been using Blurb/BookWright, I have been satisfied with the results. I always order a 'proof' copy of a new book. I do use Blurb's soft proof option- it's just that the printed images are a little less brilliant, as compared with the screen images, and I am aware that some dulling down can occur with images on paper. If I didn't compare them with the screen images I probably wouldn't notice a difference, as it is slight. The color in my printed BookWright books is actually almost always spot-on. Don't know if screen is calibrated, but I'm not quite tech-y enough to get into that.

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I have the 2021 14' MacBook Pro with an M1 chip, so yes, I have retina display. Thanks to both of you, Richard MH and PrintMonkey. The only exception is fluorescence where invisible UV light is converted into visible light 'during reflection' which will make the ink seem like its emitting a little bit of light when UV light is actually present. Soft proofing is supposed to simulate the effect of reflective media, but the monitor has to be accurate and the comparison has to be made under the same lighting standard that the monitor is set to use for display. Printing is always less bright and saturated than a monitor because a monitor emits light whereas ink can only reflect it.

But this is less important than using a good monitor. The wider it is the more important it is to use 16 bit instead of 8 bit. You might want to be using AdobeRGB or similar wide gamut profile as working space. (Cheap monitors are only 6 bits per channel internally, and they tend to not even calibrate.) But wide gamut monitors tend to be better quality in general and don't have absurdly low bit depth. Wide gamut isn't as important as something with a decent bit depth.

If you have an sRGB monitor you might need a better monitor and almost certainly need a colorimeter 'puck' for calibration. If you have a Retina display then calibration is less important but may still be needed due to brightness/contrast issues. So you should see it if it's installed on the system. Affinity is supposed to pick up any system-installed ICC profiles.