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tinat

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pub

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into

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pub

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des

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into

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or c

olou

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pro

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p 3

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imag

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p 4

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Wor

king

RG

B. I

t is

rec

omm

end

ed t

hat

the

Con

vers

ion

Op

tions

are

as

follo

ws-

: E

ngin

e =

Ad

obe

(AC

E),

Inte

nt =

Rel

ativ

e C

olor

imet

ric, U

se B

lack

Poi

nt C

omp

ensa

tion

shou

ld b

e tic

ked

and

Use

Dith

er s

houl

d b

e un

ticke

d. P

ress

OK

. N

B. I

f yo

ur f

ile w

as o

rig

inal

ly R

GB

yo

u d

o n

ot

do

ste

p 4

.

Ste

p 5

It is

rec

omm

end

ed t

hat

at t

his

stag

e yo

u vi

ew t

he fi

le a

s a

CM

YK

file

, thi

s is

so

that

any

co

lour

cor

rect

ion

is n

ot v

isua

lly d

iffer

ent

once

con

vert

ed t

o C

MY

K a

t a

late

r st

age.

Thi

s al

so

ensu

res

that

onc

e co

nver

ted

to

CM

YK

whi

ch r

emai

ns w

ithin

the

cor

rect

Tot

al In

k W

eigh

t fo

r th

at p

ublic

atio

n.

Vie

w>

pro

of

setu

p (w

ork

ing

CM

YK

sho

uld

be

tick

ed) V

iew

>p

roo

f C

olo

rs.

Ste

p 6

You

will

nee

d t

he in

form

atio

n p

alet

te v

isib

le, W

ind

ow

>In

fo.

It is

ad

visa

ble

to

have

the

re

adin

gs s

et t

o C

MY

K a

nd T

otal

Ink

this

can

be

chan

ged

in t

he P

alet

te O

ptio

ns.

Ste

p 7

It is

now

tha

t th

e im

age

mus

t b

e ra

nged

fr

om h

ighl

ight

to

shad

ow. I

mag

e>A

dju

stm

ents

>C

urve

s .

Cho

ose

the

bla

ck e

yed

rop

per

(on

the

left

ha

nd s

ide)

. Mou

se o

ver

your

imag

e un

til

you

find

a n

eutr

al b

lack

/sha

dow

poi

nt,

usin

g th

e In

fo p

alet

te t

o gu

ide

you.

Whe

n yo

u fin

d t

his

poi

nt m

ake

a se

lect

ion.

Use

the

Whi

te e

yed

rop

per

(on

the

right

) to

sele

ct a

neu

tral

whi

te p

oint

. Sel

ect

OK

.

You

may

not

alw

ays

be

able

to

sele

ct a

w

hite

and

bla

ck p

oint

, if t

here

is n

ot a

hi

ghlig

ht o

r sh

adow

.

NB

. The

firs

t tim

e th

at y

ou d

o th

is e

ach

poi

nts

valu

es w

ill h

ave

to b

e se

t th

is is

don

e si

mp

ly

by

dou

ble

clic

king

on

the

bla

ck a

nd w

hite

eye

dro

pp

ers

and

ent

erin

g th

e co

rrec

t va

lues

. eg

.S

had

ow: C

yan

60, M

agen

ta 4

8, Y

ello

w 4

8, B

lack

84.

Hig

hlig

ht: C

yan

1, M

agen

ta 1

, Yel

low

1, B

lack

0.

(II_N

ewsI

S_1

20

40

5.ic

c)

6

Ste

p 8

It is

at

this

sta

ge t

hat

you

shou

ld d

o an

y co

lour

cor

rect

ion

so t

hat

the

imag

e ap

pea

rs a

s yo

u w

ish.

You

may

als

o w

ish

to s

harp

en t

he im

age

usin

g U

nsha

rp m

ask.

NB

. Do

ing

the

co

lour

co

rrec

tio

n at

thi

s st

age

will

ens

ure

that

yo

ur im

age

will

rem

ain

wit

hin

the

spec

ifica

tio

n fo

r th

e p

ublic

atio

n th

at y

ou

are

send

ing

to

.

Ste

p 9

You

now

nee

d t

o co

nver

t th

e fil

e in

to C

MY

K s

o th

at it

can

be

prin

ted

. Im

age>

mo

de>

CM

YK

co

lour

(thi

s w

ill c

onve

rt u

sing

the

pho

tosh

op s

ettin

gs lo

aded

ear

lier)

.N

B. I

f yo

ur f

ile w

as o

rig

inal

ly R

GB

yo

u d

o n

ot

do

ste

p 9

.

Ste

p 1

0

The

file

will

now

nee

d t

o sa

ved

as

a b

inar

y ep

s, e

mb

edd

ing

the

RG

B o

r C

MY

K p

rofil

e.

File

>sa

ve a

s>.

NB

. We

reco

mm

end

you

sav

e yo

ur im

age

as a

cop

y, d

o no

t sa

ve o

ver

the

orig

inal

file

. D

O N

OT

use

any

JPE

G e

ncod

ing

or P

osts

crip

t co

lour

man

agem

ent

whe

n sa

ving

.

Ste

p 1

1

Re-

imp

ort

thes

e fil

es i

nto

your

art

wor

k an

d r

e-ch

eck

in Q

uick

prin

t.

It sh

ould

now

pas

s al

l co

lour

che

cks.

NB

. Go

bac

k to

pag

e 2

step

9.

7

US

ING

QU

ICK

CU

T I

CC

V2

.0 (

OP

TIO

NA

L)

FIN

AL Q

C C

HE

CK

ON

CO

MP

LE

TE

AD

Qui

ckp

rint

IC

C m

ay b

e us

ed f

or

inho

use

pro

ofin

g p

urp

ose

s p

rio

r to

sen

din

g t

o t

he

pub

lishe

r.

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C v

ersi

on

2.0

uses

the

sam

e A

do

be

CM

M e

ngin

e as

Pho

tosh

op

. Thi

s m

eans

tha

t th

e sa

me

colo

ur c

onv

ersi

on

sett

ing

s w

ill a

pp

ly in

QC

IC

C w

hen

pro

ofin

g

or

conv

erti

ng R

GB

or

CM

YK

PD

F fil

es a

s P

hoto

sho

p.

No

te: N

oti

ficat

ion

will

be

mad

e at

the

des

tina

tio

n to

say

tha

t th

e fil

e w

as p

roo

fed

an

d/o

r co

nver

ted

if t

his

pro

cess

is c

arri

ed o

ut.

Ste

p 1

- Q

UIC

KC

UT

IC

C

Laun

ch Q

uick

cut

ICC

.

Ste

p 2

Sel

ect

the

PD

F fr

om t

he W

ork

Sp

ace:

Out

go

ing

: PS

.TM

P f

old

er.

If no

t p

rom

pte

d

auto

mat

ical

ly t

o d

o th

is,

clic

k on

Op

en t

o b

row

se t

o th

e fil

e.

Ste

p 3

- P

RO

OF

Ens

ure

that

Pro

of is

sel

ecte

d f

rom

the

dro

p d

own

men

u in

the

top

left

han

d c

orne

r. Q

uick

prin

t IC

C w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

pop

ulat

e th

e D

estin

atio

n (P

ublis

hers

) Pro

file

win

dow

usi

ng

the

info

rmat

ion

sele

cted

ear

lier

with

in

Qui

ckp

rint.

NB

. C

on

vers

ion

Sett

ings

For

RG

B f

iles

ensu

re t

hat

the

rend

erin

g in

tent

is s

et t

o ‘P

erce

ptu

al’

For

CM

YK

file

s en

sure

tha

t th

e re

nder

ing

inte

nt is

set

to

‘Rel

ativ

e C

olor

imet

ric’

Ste

p 4

Clic

k th

e P

roof

but

ton

to v

iew

a s

oft

pro

of o

n sc

reen

, (th

is is

a s

imul

atio

n on

ly).

NB

. E

nsur

e th

at t

he A

crob

at C

olou

r M

anag

emen

t P

refe

renc

es h

ave

bee

n se

t to

the

p

ublis

hers

col

our

sett

ings

. A

cro

bat

>P

refe

renc

es>

Gen

eral

>C

olo

ur M

anag

emen

t.

Clo

se b

oth

win

dow

s.

The

mes

sage

at

the

bot

tom

of

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C w

ill b

e up

dat

ed t

o sa

y th

at t

he f

ile h

as b

een

pro

ofed

, it

will

als

o m

ake

a re

cord

of

the

pro

file

used

. If

you

wer

e ha

pp

y w

ith t

he c

olou

r in

the

pro

of c

ontin

ue t

he s

tep

s b

elow

, if

you

are

unha

pp

y w

ith t

he s

imul

atio

n yo

u ne

ed t

o co

lour

cor

rect

on

the

orgi

nal f

iles,

the

n st

art

the

pro

cess

ag

ain

at p

age

2 st

ep 1

.

Ste

p 5

- C

ON

VE

RT

Clic

k b

ack

onto

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C.

Sel

ect

Con

vert

fr

om t

he d

rop

dow

n lis

t in

the

top

left

han

d

corn

er.

Ens

ure

that

the

cor

rect

pro

file

is s

till

chos

en f

orm

the

Des

tinat

ion

Pro

file

dro

p d

own

list.

NB

. C

on

vers

ion

Sett

ings

For

RG

B f

iles

ensu

re t

hat

the

rend

erin

g in

tent

is s

et t

o ‘P

erce

ptu

al’

For

CM

YK

file

s en

sure

tha

t th

e re

nder

ing

inte

nt is

set

to

‘Rel

ativ

e C

olor

imet

ric’

If yo

u ha

ve a

lread

y p

roof

ed in

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C it

will

re

mem

ber

the

se s

ettin

gs.

8

Ste

p 6

Out

put

fol

der

- W

hen

you

conv

ert

the

PD

F in

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C it

will

unc

omp

ress

the

file

to

ap

ply

the

ICC

con

vers

ion

resu

lting

in a

larg

er f

ile t

han

the

one

orig

inal

ly s

ubm

itted

to

Pag

esto

re.

The

orig

inal

file

can

be

over

writ

ten

and

the

co

nver

ted

larg

er f

ile s

ent

to t

he p

ublis

her

(set

tings

= o

verw

rite

orig

inal

), or Th

e fil

e ca

n b

e co

pie

d t

o A

Not

her

fold

er p

urel

y fo

r in

hous

e p

roof

ing

pur

pos

es o

nly.

Qui

ckcu

t IC

C>

Pre

fere

nces

>G

ener

al>

Out

put

fo

lder

>ch

oo

se.

Qu

ickc

ut

ICC

Con

sid

erat

ion

:A

ny Q

uick

cut

ICC

act

ion

app

lied

to

the

PD

F fil

e b

eing

sen

tto

the

pub

lishe

r w

ill b

e se

nt w

ith t

hat

PD

F. T

here

by,

pro

vid

ing

pro

of t

o th

e p

ublis

her

that

th

e fil

e ha

s b

een

eg.

pro

ofed

with

the

cor

rect

pro

file

bef

ore

send

ing.

If yo

u se

nd t

he p

roof

ed a

nd c

onve

rted

PD

F to

the

Pub

lishe

r th

is w

arni

ng w

ill t

rave

l with

th

e d

ocum

ent.

If yo

u ch

oose

to

just

pro

of in

QC

ICC

, on

ly t

he w

arni

ng t

hat

the

doc

umen

t ha

s b

een

pro

ofed

will

be

sent

to

the

pub

lishe

r.

Clic

k th

e C

onve

rt b

utto

n.

Ste

p 7

The

conv

erte

d f

ile c

an n

ow b

e op

ened

and

vi

ewed

in A

crob

at (a

gain

ap

ply

ing

the

corr

ect

pub

lishe

r co

lour

man

agem

ent

sett

ings

). su

ch a

s P

itsto

ps

eye

dro

pp

er

tool

may

be

used

to

chec

k d

ensi

tom

itry

read

ings

of

spec

ific

colo

urs/

elem

ents

.

At

this

poi

nt d

ensi

tom

itry

read

ings

may

be

chec

ked

with

the

Pits

top

ey

edro

pp

er t

ool i

f av

aila

ble

.

Oth

erw

ise,

the

PD

F ca

n b

e ou

tput

to

a ne

wsp

aper

pro

ofin

g so

lutio

n w

hich

has

bee

n ca

libra

ted

and

pro

filed

to

the

pub

lishe

rs

req

uire

men

ts.

Soft

Pro

ofi

ng C

on

sid

era

tion

s:

• M

onito

r ca

libra

tion

- A

ge a

nd m

odel

of

mon

itor.

• L

ight

ing

cond

ition

s.

• P

hysi

cal e

nviro

nmen

t -

win

dow

s, c

olou

r of

wal

ls e

tc.

• A

crob

at/P

hoto

shop

Col

our

Man

agem

ent

sett

ings

- E

ven

with

mon

itor

calib

ratio

n in

p

lace

you

will

nee

d t

o ap

ply

the

pub

lishe

rs c

olou

r se

ttin

gs in

ord

er t

o vi

ew t

he c

orre

ct

colo

ur c

onve

rsio

n th

roug

h th

e ap

plic

atio

n an

d o

nscr

een.

• P

itsto

p -

Acr

obat

plu

gin

- ab

ility

to

view

den

sito

met

ry r

ead

ings

of

the

conv

erte

d P

DF.