Using ProAm Imaging Profile



*Using ProAm Imaging Profile*

Many of you have asked about using the profile supplied by ProAm Imaging to ensure that what you see on your screen is the closest possible match to the print you receive. The profile currently on their website is not the very latest, which is why we have included the new one on this page for download. The following is from Andy Jablonski and describes how to use the profile in Photoshop. 1 Download and save the profile from the link below. ProAm's instructions for saving and installing it are here. 2 In Photoshop, with your picture on the screen, go to View>Proof Setup>Custom and in the Proof Conditions box select Fuji_DP2_ProAm.icm as the Device To Simulate. Set the Rendering Intent as Perceptual; make sure Black Point Compensation is ticked; and Simulate Paper Colour is ticked. 3 It is a good idea to click on the Save button to keep these settings with a name such as ProAm Printing Profile. This means that next time you go to Custom on that menu you can select those settings from the Custom Proof Condition drop-down list by picking the name you gave it. 4 With these settings activated you may well find that the picture does not look exactly as intended, but it does show how it will print. If necessary, adjust the picture's brightness, contrast, saturation etc and then save the file to send to ProAm. 5. This proof setup only applies to the current picture. When you open another image that you want printing by ProAm you must return to the View menu and select the settings you saved in step 3 above. 6 When sending files for printing you must prepare and organise them exactly as described here on the ProAm website. They must be in JPEG format set for maximum quality (large file), and should be 402 dots per inch (dpi) for optimum print quality.

Set the size of your picture by going to Image Size on the Image menu. In the window that opens make sure the three boxes at the bottom are ticked, then enter the size of the print you want in Document Size and set Resolution to 402 pixels/inch. In this example we wanted a 12"x10" print, but when we entered 12 for the width the software selected 9 for the height. This is because Photoshop is maintaining the picture's aspect ratio and not stretching it to fit the paper. In this case, it means that your picture will be printed on the selected size of paper with a small, blank margin top and bottom.