CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

Chapter 7: Color Management | 99

To turn soft proofing on, click To o l s `

Proof colors. The status bar indicates that

soft proofing has been turned on.

Soft proofing is turned on.

When you soft-proof a document, CorelDRAW
and Corel PHOTO-PAINT use color profiles to
simulate the environment of particular output
devices.

Top left: An RGB color profile is assigned to the
document. Middle and right: Assigning a specific CMYK
profile allows an on-screen simulation of the printed
output.

To s i m u l a t e t h e e n v i r onment of a specific
device, you must choose the color profile of the
device in the Color proof settings docker
(To o l s ` Color proof settings).

Because the color spaces of the document and
device are different, some document colors
may not have a match in the gamut of the
device color space. You can enable the gamut
warning, which lets you preview the on-screen
colors that cannot be reproduced accurately by
the device. When the gamut warning is
enabled, an overlay highlights all out-of-gamut
colors for the device that you are simulating.

In addition to previewing colors on-screen, you

can save a soft proof to popular file formats,

such as JPG and PDF, to share with clients or

colleagues. You can also print a hard proof that

is based on the active soft-proof settings. If you

often need to proof colors for a specific

output, you can save the color-proof settings

as a preset.

The Color proof settings docker lets you soft-proof

projects by simulating the environment of various

output devices.

Highlighting out-of-gamut colors