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There is no need to click the Apply button unless you want to convert the color in

your document to the profile chosen for soft proofing. If you click Apply, you will alter

your original file, so you might want to choose Save As from the File menu and save

a copy of the document, rather than overwriting your original file.

Sharing Soft Proofs

To share a soft proof with anyone else using Mac OS X v10.3, you have a number

of options:

• Post a tagged image on a website and ask your reviewer to look at it with Safari.

• Email a single-page tagged image and have your reviewer open it in Mail, which

displays single-page images directly.

• Send a multipage, tagged image as a PDF file and instruct your reviewer to open it

in Preview.

With Quartz and Quartz Filters, feedback and sign-off are now orders of magnitude

easier and less expensive for everyone.

Creating Hard-Copy Proofs

After proofing onscreen, you can convert your soft proof to a print-ready proof and

output it on an inexpensive desktop printer. This capability allows you to produce the

equivalent of a commercial-quality contract proof, right from your desktop. And, if

you’ve acquired a profile from your commercial printer, you can rest assured that the

proof you create will closely match the final printed output.

You can generate a hard-copy proof in two ways. You can use an ICC-aware applica-

tion such as Adobe Photoshop or you can go through the Print dialog to apply the

Quartz Filter you used for soft proofing to create a hard-copy file. Here’s how:

1. In your application, let’s say Preview, select Print (File > Print).

2. Click the pop-up menu labeled “Copies & Pages” and select ColorSync.

3. Click the Quartz Filter pop-up menu and choose the filter you used for soft proofing.

4. Click the Print button.

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