Month: August 2025

Proof.de: Grey scale images in Adobe Photoshop with 50% opacity in dot gain 15%, dot gain 20%, dot gain 25%, 30%: Different grey values are produced.

Incorrect grayscale display in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign

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Adobe products are ideal for image retouching and layout and handle RGB and CMYK colour profiles very well. However, when editing and retouching grayscale images, for example for a black-and-white photo book, the experience is quite different. Suddenly, images look completely different in InDesign than they do in Photoshop, and even when exporting the image to PDF, greyscale images are suddenly treated differently. This article explains where the problems lie with black-and-white images and greyscale profiles in InDesign and Photoshop layouts, and how you can work in a more ‘colour-accurate’ …

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X-Rite message in i1 Profiler about the end of i1Pro 2 and i1iO 2

X-Rite i1Profiler no longer supports i1Pro2 and i1iO 2

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Anyone who has reinstalled or updated their i1 Profiler app in the last few weeks has been confronted with disturbing news: X-Rite announced directly in the start window that it would no longer support its enormously popular i1Display and i1Pro2 devices. Users of the i1Pro 2 devices and i1iO 2 tables, which are extremely popular in printing and colour management, will be particularly hard hit by the announcement: An investment of €6,000 is quickly consigned to the electronic scrap heap. But what can you do if you own such a …

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