The Enthusiast's Guide to Lightroom

46. SOFT PROOFING YOUR IMAGES

ONE OF THE biggest problems that people have when printing their images is getting the prints to match what they see on the screen.

Using an ICC profile will help quite a bit when you’re working in Lightroom because it will take care of translating the information between the screen and the final print. That said, there are a couple of other things you can do to help mitigate this process even further.

Soft proofing allows you to review the image and make better adjustments in contrast, color, and tone before you print the image, so you don’t end up wasting paper and ink on multiple prints. In the Develop module, ...