Nikon Capture NX2 user manual Target Profile, Intent, Use Black Point Compensation

Soft proof offers the following options:

Target Profile

Select the color profile from the list to view the result of the color management system and to preview how the different color management settings will affect your image.

Intent

Choose from four different rendering intents. The different rendering intents control how colors in your image are mapped to the colors that your printer can produce (as indicated by the printer profile).

A Please note: Different printer and paper combinations, as well as the different software used to create printer profiles, benefit from different rendering intents. Experiment with the different rendering intents within your workflow to find the option that works best.

Capture NX 2 provides the following intents:

❏Perceptual

This rendering intent maintains the relationships of colors so that the printed image appears natural to the human eye. While this intent maintains the relationship of colors, the actual color values will be changed.

❏Saturation

This rendering intent produces highly saturated colors, but it may not produce accurate colors in a photograph.

❏Relative Colorimetric

This rendering intent maps all of the colors that fall outside of the gamut of the target profile to the closest reproducible color. This profile reproduces accurately all of the colors that are within the range of colors reproducible by your printer. This option preserves as many natural colors as possible and is often the best choice for printing photographs.

❏Absolute Colorimetric

This rendering intent is very similar to relative colorimetric, except that it maps the white point of the image to the white point of the destination profile. It is recommend that you use absolute colorimetric only if you want to proof your images for a specific print device other than your printer, since this rendering intent will attempt to reproduce the results of the output device, including the effect of a different paper color.

Use Black Point Compensation

Check this box to utilize black point compensation. This ensures that the black point from the image is mapped to the black point of your printer, enabling the full color range of the printer to be used. If your prints contain either gray shadows or too little detail, try turning this option off. Unless you are having problems with a specific print and profile combination, it is recommended that you always use this option.

Shortcut

Toggle Soft Proof on and off:

Ctrl + Y (Windows) command + Y (Macintosh)

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