Proof Lock – ensure calibrated and colour verified soft proofing
Serendipity Blackmagic / Veripress 7.1.01+ includes a Proof Lock feature in Client Settings. Proof Lock allows Veripress / Blackmagic (w/Soft Proofing Add-on) system administrators to configure the Serendipity Client to disable the SoftProof window when the display needs calibration, or has failed to meet … Continue reading
Softproof – Spectro Tool & Notes
The Softproof application Spectro tool in Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress 7.1+ has been updated with a simplified, compact interface. The new interface includes an Add to Note feature, allowing on-screen measurements to be stored as Notes, saved with the … Continue reading
Spot Colour merging in RGB
Serendipity Blackmagic / Veripress 6.0+ users now have the option to display and merge spot colours in Softproof in an RGB colour space. Merging spot colours in RGB can result in significantly better on-screen colour matches. … Continue reading
Multi-resolution previews in Softproof
Multi-resolution Preview generation is a new feature is available to Veripress and Blackmagic (w/Softproofing Add-On) in version 6.0 When Multi-resolution generation is enabled, the server generates imaged and rendered preview files that include a pre-calculated pyramid of preview images (at … Continue reading
Softproofing setup using Press Agent & Bookfilter
This guide is intended as a checklist used to configure Veripress to softproof publications defined by planning files and loaded using a press console. It is not a tutorial and assumes a general working knowledge of Veripress functions and applications. Press … Continue reading
How to Calibrate a Monitor
The following is a step-by-step guide to calibrating a display for accurate softproofing in the Blackmagic/Veripress SoftProof application. The process described applies to calibrations for any SoftProof and press standard, but for this guide Blackmagic will be used to calibrate … Continue reading
How to Crop an Image and Re-Submit
Open an image/job in SoftProof*. Press C in the SoftProof window, or select Tools menu > Crop. Click on the image in the main window or thumbnail and drag to draw a rectangle. Position the rectangle by dragging it to … Continue reading
How to Apply a Digital Blueline
Open the SoftProof application and load a job, or load an image by selecting a job in the QueueManager and choosing View Original/Imaged. Select the Channels icon in the left menu bar to open the Channels widget. Right click in … Continue reading
