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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 02:30:43 pm

Title: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 02:30:43 pm

Hi,

Occasionally, after I have made a print using Lightroom's soft-proofing function, I will come back and look at my print the next day with new eyes and see something that I want to tweak. When I go back into Lightroom is there any way to compare my existing soft proof to the original using the before/after view like you do when you originally created the soft proof? All I want to do is a small tweak but it seems like there is no way to get the before after view with the soft proofing box checked without starting from scratch and making a new soft proof virtual copy. Can anyone explain the best way to tweak a soft proofed version when you want to continue to compare it side by side with the original?

Thanks.

John

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: digitaldog on February 23, 2014, 02:35:25 pm

You have to and you should make a virtual copy (Proof Copy). Those contain output specific edits which is very useful.

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 02:43:03 pm

Andrew,

Thanks for the quick reply. I always make it a practice to create a virtual copy for my proofing so I'm glad to know that you agree that's a good process. I noticed that if I want to tweak my original print and create a new virtual copy by bringing up my original and clicking the soft proof box that it names it the same thing as my original soft-proof virtual copy. So I end up with two virtual copies named the same thing. Is that an issue?

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: digitaldog on February 23, 2014, 02:53:45 pm

Quote from: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 02:43:03 pm

Is that an issue?

Not that I can think of.

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 03:16:42 pm

Thanks. So just to be clear. Once you print from a soft proof in LR you have to create a new one to adjust the existing settings. No way to go back to the original and get a before after view.

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: digitaldog on February 23, 2014, 03:28:05 pm

Right, you create a new VC based on the new edits.

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: jarnold439 on February 23, 2014, 07:15:27 pm

Thank you

Title: Re: Revising Soft Proof Settings
Post by: wolfnowl on February 25, 2014, 02:21:41 am

Also, if you go to the Metadata panel in the Library module, you can change the Copy Name of the VCs.  Might help you to keep track of which is which.

Mike.