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rnwhalley
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February 5, 2018
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Soft Proofing bug

  • February 5, 2018
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I'm using the latest release of Lightroom Classic CC (2017.1). When I'm soft proofing my images the "Simulate Paper & Ink option" now doesn't have any effect on the Proof Preview (oddly it still affect the background colour). With a matt paper profile, you would expect to see the image become dull but it doesn't and the histogram doesn't change.  Switching between "Perceptual" and "Relative" rendering still affects the Proof Preview but neither simulate the paper and ink option correctly. I'm seeing the same behaviour on all my Mac's and my Windows PC.

Checking the forums I found the following soft proofing issue for Illustrator Illustrator cc 2017.1.0 soft proof does nothing

It seems to be the same problem and like with Illustrator, turning off the use of the GPU in the Lightroom preferences causes the soft proofing to work. Hope this helps others if anyone is having the same frustration. Hopefully, it will be fixed soon.

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janetw39685799
janetw39685799
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June 23, 2018

I am having the same issue with this latest version of LR.  I watched your latest video on working around this bug but it is really irritating - like soft proofing by guessing.  Tried to find a way to email Adobe directly but no luck.  Any ideas about whether Adobe will fix this issue or not?

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
June 23, 2018

I'm using soft proofing with Red River polar metallic paper, and simulate paper and ink DOES make a difference on my Windows 10 display. I cannot simulate the anomaly you are experiencing. I am using Lightroom Classic CC 7.4.

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rnwhalleyAuthor
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June 23, 2018

The problem is caused by two things:

1. The GPU option as I described above.

2. Turning on the Gamut Warnings (top left and right of the histogram). When you have these on the soft proofing stops working.

It's the same problem in the latest version.

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