Need help from PS CS user (not CS2)

Andy

In PS CS, what's full sequence of commands to choose a profile to soft-proof against? We've got a fellow Smugmugger who could use your help. I've got CS2 and below is what the menus look like.

In CS2, it's VIEW>PROOF SETUP>CUSTOM and you get this



and you select from "device to simulate" the ez-prints profile..





Let's show the power of dgrin!

Thanks in advance

DoctorIt

I just followed your steps. They are identical in CS... well, except I don't have the ezprints.icc profile in my list. I imagine I could load that up, and it would be exactly the same.

Andy

well I'm stumped then

Thanks Erik - you're the best.

DoctorIt

Andy wrote:

well I'm stumped then

Thanks Erik - you're the best.

Anytime man. I like them easy problems.

deidre

DoctorIt wrote:

Anytime man. I like them easy problems.

The ezprints.icc choice does not come up under the profile (rather than device to stimulate) dropdown selection. Could it be that PS CS can't 'read' the profile file like PS CS2 can? I've checked the profile folder and the ICC file is definately in there. ....mmm

Andy

DoctorIt wrote:

Anytime man. I like them easy problems.

Doc - grab the ezprints profile from here and try it, will you?

Andy

deidre wrote:

The ezprints.icc choice does not come up under the profile (rather than device to stimulate) dropdown selection. Could it be that PS CS can't 'read' the profile file like PS CS2 can? I've checked the profile folder and the ICC file is definately in there. ....mmm

Deidre -- welcome to Dgrin - thanks for registering

One thought - are you sure you are putting the profile in the color sync folder in your name - not the admin, or some other user's name on your mac?

deidre

Andy wrote:

Deidre -- welcome to Dgrin - thanks for registering

One thought - are you sure you are putting the profile in the color sync folder in your name - not the admin, or some other user's name on your mac?

You're funny, yes, I'm sure. This is odd! I'll take the profile from you here and see what happens. Thanks. d

deidre

deidre wrote:

You're funny, yes, I'm sure. This is odd! I'll take the profile from you here and see what happens. Thanks. d

I'm back Andy. Did bring the file from here into the profile and it's there when I look it up....but not in photoshop for a proof...perplexed how something so simple can have me stumped. d

DoctorIt

Andy wrote:

Doc - grab the ezprints profile from here and try it, will you?

sure, but where do I put the profile file? I thought it was a matter of going to the proof setup and loading the new file, but no, that's just to load different proof setup settings.

i can't find a folder where .icc files go.

Andy

DoctorIt wrote:

sure, but where do I put the profile file? I thought it was a matter of going to the proof setup and loading the new file, but no, that's just to load different proof setup settings.

i can't find a folder where .icc files go.

Courtesy of SmugMug help:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-color

SmugMug Help wrote:

To install ICC profiles on a Mac with OS X:

Drag the ICC profile to the Users/[your login user name]/Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder.

Quit Photoshop and re-open it. Then go to the View menu, select Proof Setup and then the Custom... submenu.

DoctorIt

Nevermind, I perservered and wooed spotlight into showing me the way.

there are however 4, count 'em 4 folders named "colorsync". 2 were easy to weed out since they didn't have .icc's in them, but the other two were very similar. I was out to 4 panes in the finder to tell the difference. I ended up putting the ez-prints icc in my profile folder. the only way I could tell it was "mine" was because it had my monitor profiles in it from when I run my EyeOne calibration.

So now I'm ready to proof in the ez-prints profile. Not that I have a clue how to do that or what it means!

DoctorIt

Andy wrote:

Courtesy of SmugMug help:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/display-color

now you tell me.

deidre

DoctorIt wrote:

sure, but where do I put the profile file? I thought it was a matter of going to the proof setup and loading the new file, but no, that's just to load different proof setup settings.

i can't find a folder where .icc files go.

You would go into your Use>Library>ColorSync>and drop it in the profiles folder. Then...it's supposed to open as an option in the Photoshop>View>Proof Setup>Custom>ezprints.icc
so....not so easy...maybe it is time for CS 2....
let me know if you have better luck!

deidre

DoctorIt wrote:

sure, but where do I put the profile file? I thought it was a matter of going to the proof setup and loading the new file, but no, that's just to load different proof setup settings.

i can't find a folder where .icc files go.

Hi Andy, I'm still sol, next steps? ~deidre

Andy

deidre wrote:

You would go into your Use>Library>ColorSync>and drop it in the profiles folder. Then...it's supposed to open as an option in the Photoshop>View>Proof Setup>Custom>ezprints.icc
so....not so easy...maybe it is time for CS 2....
let me know if you have better luck!

Wait - juuuust to be sure:

Macintosh HD>Users>DIEDRE>Library>ColorSync> and put it there - that's what you did, right?

should look like this:

deidre

Andy wrote:

Wait - juuuust to be sure:

Macintosh HD>Users>DIEDRE>Library>ColorSync> and put it there - that's what you did, right?

should look like this:

Sorry for the trouble Andy. Yes, that's exactly correct....
The one thing that is different is that in the Profiles,
the Cinema HD Display and sRGB has the color range icon like yours does....but the icc profile and the ezprints profile has an @http on the 'page', not the color gamut icon...maybe we're getting somewhere. When I open it up, there are pages of script defining the color source points.
~d.

Andy

deidre wrote:

Sorry for the trouble Andy. Yes, that's exactly correct....
The one thing that is different is that in the Profiles,
the Cinema HD Display and sRGB has the color range icon like yours does....but the icc profile and the ezprints profile has an @http on the 'page', not the color gamut icon...maybe we're getting somewhere. When I open it up, there are pages of script defining the color source points.
~d.

Deidre - i'm emailing you the file, please try my version. I downloaded it via firefox - safari download came thru a little hinky when i just tried it! Let us know here, if the one I send you works better!

deidre

ALRIGHT! So...what was it? It is in, fine and working! Tell me I'm not losing my mind! Now...I'm ready for the next hiccup! Thanks for your persistence, professionalism...and patience!!! ~D

deidre

...so the lesson is to download with firefox, not safari. Got it. Thanks!

Andy

deidre wrote:

ALRIGHT! So...what was it? It is in, fine and working! Tell me I'm not losing my mind! Now...I'm ready for the next hiccup! Thanks for your persistence, professionalism...and patience!!! ~D

Diedre, I'm sooooo happy

It's our pleasure to help. If you have questions about soft-proofing, post them here in this forum - we have a great bunch of experts here.

All the best,

DoctorIt

Andy wrote:

Diedre, I'm sooooo happy

It's our pleasure to help. If you have questions about soft-proofing, post them here in this forum - we have a great bunch of experts here.

All the best,

Yeah me too. I'm happy.


(but I still have no idea what soft-proofing entials )