Creating Profiled Photoshop TIFF Files for KRIST’L Printing:
		• To assure great looking prints that match your originals, please read the instructions below. • Your success depends on calibrating your monitor to ICC standards. • When providing profiled files for output, you will be ultimately responsible for the quality. • Check our web site for current profiles and separation tables that allow you to "SoftProof". • Please be sure to familiarize yourself with our file creation specifications for KRIST’L printing. • Follow the instructions below to apply NancyScans ICC Profiles to your Digital files. • Call us at 1-800-604-1199 if you have any questions. Basic Instructions 1. Always save a "master" version of every file. Resave "working" file with new name. Make your adjustments to this "working" version. 2. Use the NancyScans Adobe Separation Table/ICC Profile in Photoshop and Preview in "SoftProof" view mode. This simulates the color space of the KRIST’L print on your calibrated monitor. Make your final color corrections while in the Preview view mode. 3. Return to the RGB Color space. 4. Rotate image to Landscape (horizontal) before saving. 5. Apply NS/KRIST’L profile for Gloss or Matte prints. There are two methods for applying profiles in photoshop, Export using Colorsync (Mac only) and Profile to Profile /Convert to Profile (Mac or PC). Export TIFF with ColorSync Profile... (PS 5.0/5.5/6.0 Mac Only) 1. From the File Menu, choose Export>TIFF with ColorSync Profile... 2. Select the Match tab, and make the following choices: • Quality: Best • Source Profile: Select the working RGB color space for the image. • Output Profile: Choose either the NS_FG or NS_FM profile for Gloss or Matte paper. • Matching Style: Perceptual 3. Click the Export TIFF.. button 4. Save the file using the NancyScans file naming convention. 5. If you are sending your file via NancyScans T1 Priority FTP service, please Stuff (Mac) or Zip (PC) before uploading. Profile to Profile... Conversion (PS 5.0/5.5, Mac/PC) 1. From the Image Menu, choose Mode>Profile to Profile... 2. Make the following choices: • From: Select the working RGB color space for the image. • To: Choose either the NS_FG or NS_FM profile for Gloss or Matte paper. • Engine: Built in. • Intent: Perceptual • Black Point Compensation: Not Selected. 3. Click the OK button 4. Perform a Save As... using the NancyScans file naming convention. 5. If you are sending your file via NancyScans T1 Priority FTP service, please Stuff (Mac) or Zip (PC) before uploading. • IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to a bug in PS 5.0/5.5, files that are profiled using the Profile to Profile... technique are not properly tagged. Proper file naming is the only way to identify the embedded profile. Convert to Profile... (PS 6.0, Mac/PC) 1. From the Image Menu, choose Mode>Convert to Profile... 2. Make the following choices: • Source Space Profile: Select the working RGB color space for the image. • Destination Space Profile: Choose either the NS_FG or NS_FM profile for Gloss or Matte paper. • Engine: Adobe (ACE). • Intent: Perceptual • Use Black Point Compensation: Not Selected. • Use Dither: Selected. • Preview: Selected. 3. Click the OK button 4. Perform a Save As... using the NancyScans file naming convention. 5. If you are sending your file via NancyScans T1 Priority FTP service, please Stuff (Mac) or Zip (PC) before uploading. SoftProofing (PS 5.0/5.5, Mac/PC) 1. From the File Menu, choose Color Settings>CMYK Setup... 2. Under CMYK Model: choose Tables and click the Load... button. 3. Navigate to the folder on your hard drive that contains the NancyScans KRIST'L Separation Tables and select the NS_FG (Gloss) or NS_FM (Matte) separation table. Click the Load button 4. Select Preview and click the OK button. 5. From the View Menu, choose Preview>CMYK. This puts you into "SoftProof" viewing mode. To return to normal viewing mode, select View>Preview>CMYK. SoftProofing (PS 6.0, Mac/PC) 1. From the View Menu, choose Proof Setup>Custom and make the following choices: • Setup: Custom. • Profile: Choose either the NS_FG or NS_FM ICC Profile for Gloss or Matte paper. • Preserve Color Numbers: Not Selected • Intent: Perceptual • Simulate White Paper: Not Selected. • Simulate Black Ink: Not Selected. 2. Select Preview and click the OK button. 3. From the View Menu, choose Proof Colors. This puts you into "SoftProof" viewing mode. To return to normal viewing mode, select View>Proof Colors.