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Is it necessary to set the shadow and highlight target values for curves and levels in photoshop -> IF you’re using a monitor profile and a printer profile <-?
Many commentators (e.g.,
www.zuberphotographics.com/page_BlackPoint.htm) say that it’s a good idea to print a black-point gradient target and a white-point gradient target, find the point where you canot distinguish adjacent patches, and set your shadow/highlight values in levels/curves accordingly. Others (e.g., Scott Kelby) just advise setting the highlight eyedropper at 240 and the shadow eyedropper at 20.
HOWEVER, I have also read (at
www.pdesigner.net/photoshopcs/1_8_10_0.html)that all of this is unnecessary if you’re using printer and monitor profiles because photoshop uses these profiles to adjust output automatically to achieve a good screen-to-print match.
Could anyone comment?
Many commentators (e.g.,
www.zuberphotographics.com/page_BlackPoint.htm) say that it’s a good idea to print a black-point gradient target and a white-point gradient target, find the point where you canot distinguish adjacent patches, and set your shadow/highlight values in levels/curves accordingly. Others (e.g., Scott Kelby) just advise setting the highlight eyedropper at 240 and the shadow eyedropper at 20.
HOWEVER, I have also read (at
www.pdesigner.net/photoshopcs/1_8_10_0.html)that all of this is unnecessary if you’re using printer and monitor profiles because photoshop uses these profiles to adjust output automatically to achieve a good screen-to-print match.
Could anyone comment?
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