ColorThink Pro Tips and Tricks

From ColorWiki

Here is a collection of tips on how to use ColorThink Pro to solve various color management issues.

Print Preview and Soft-Proofing

This Tip shows you how to set up the worksheet CTP to follow the same workflow you would use to print through a profile, and then shows how the reverse direction of the profile (the proofing direction) looks as you soft-proof through your monitor profile. This is a very useful tool to verify that a device profile is working well in both directions. Also includes ideas for how to view images in the worksheet.

How do I know if this target is color managed?

In order for a printer profile to work properly, it needs to be created with a target that gets printed without any color management (without any use of profiles) in the process.

Certain color patches can indicate whether a target is color managed or not. While it is relatively easy to identify these key color patches in a target that is laid out "visually" - it is much harder to do this with a target that has the colors "scrambled." This tip shows how to locate these patches quickly and easily using ColorThink Pro.

• Checking for Hue Shifts and hooks