What’s Not To Like?

That said, color is only one aspect of soft proofing. Just as important to assuring a satisfactory soft proofing result are organization, communication, timing, simplicity of use, and independence from hardware and software, as well as cooperative IT policies to allow installation or the download of client applications and firewall rules, -Sorgenfrey adds. “How good is any color management if the brand owner can’t even open a file for soft proofing, because he is not allowed to install any third-party applications or receive data through specific firewall ports? How good is color if the converter or trade shop is not able to send work to the right people in the right order?” he asks.