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• Name – The plate name. The checkbox indicates whether or not the plate is displayed.
• Value – The percentage of colour at the point of the cursor in the window. Total ink displays the total amount
of ink at the point of the colour selector, i.e., the sum of all plate percentages. For RGB it will show the relative
RGB values only.
The contextual menu (right-­‐click) reveals additional options for non-RGB jobs only:
• Choose Plate Colour – Select a plate colour from a Special Colour Set for the selected channel. Double-­‐clicking
will display the same Special Colour Set window.
• Choose Paper Colour – Select a colour from the Special Colour Set to use to simulate the paper colour. Once set,
the option to revert becomes available.
• Edit Plate Colour – Displays a colour editing window to edit the selected colour for the current SoftProof
instance only. The edits are not stored in a library.
• Apply a Replace Colour Set – Select a Replace Colour Set to apply to the job. Any plates matching the set will be
replaced.
• Revert All Plates to Press Settings – Changes all plates back to the press configuration currently selected.
• Apply Blueline Set – Replaces all colours with varying shades of blue to see any traps or bleed issues.
Publications Widget
When softproofing a job that forms part of a publication, additional controls and
view options are available:
• Single Page – Display just the single page selected. Disabling this option
enables the following:
o Show Back Page – Display the reverse side of a page through the
page currently loaded, as if the final print was being held up to
the light. The Back Page Opacity setting in the Press Settings
controls the amount of show-­‐through.
o Show Page Spread – View the spread of the selected page, for example, pages 2 and 3 as a spread.
• Edit Imposition – When an imposition flat is loaded, changes can be made to the Signature Group here without
closing SoftProof. Any alterations can be viewed using Signature Overlay.
o Show Signature – Overlays the signature used to de-­‐impose onto the image. This is only available if the
job has been de-­‐imposed.
o Show Deimposed Pages – When an imposition flat is being viewed, SoftProof will show all available
pages when this is enabled. Each page from within the imposition may be previewed via the Page
Index tab.
Ink Keys Widget
The Ink Keys icon will display the Ink Key Viewer containing the loaded image in the SoftProof window.
At the bottom of the window will be a series of ink keys. Colour bars give a
graphical display of the proportion of each ink contained within the job across the
keys.
For each key selected, the relative percentage of ink for each of the plates is
shown. An information panel runs down the right side of the window. The top of
the panel shows information about the currently loaded Press Settings. Job view
and placement can be changed and ink weight can be calculated for any job.
• Colour checkboxes – Positioned above the image, these show the inks or
plates used in the job. Clicking on one will turn the others off and leave the
ticked colour on. SHIFT+Click allows for multi-­‐selection of colours.
Double-­‐click to show all.
• Ink Keys – The keys at the bottom of the window show the inks selected to be viewed on a graph. The scale of
the graph varies, depending on the amount of ink in the job. Hovering over or clicking on an ink key will display
the key number and its ink values at the bottom of the information panel.
• Press Settings – Shows the values for the currently loaded press. Click the box to show or hide the details. Press
settings used are selected in the Default Press panel of the SoftProof Settings.
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