New in DxO PhotoLab 6.1 ... Specific to Wide Gamut WCS & Soft Proofing

about WYSIWYG
with wide gamut picture – sRGB screen – export for sRGB IEC61996-2.1 (matrix-based profile)


ref to post #1

SP OFF = screen’s rendition

Working on a sRGB screen, colour wise one only sees a ‘fraction’ of the wide gamut pic,
which is also no WYSIWYG, when exporting for

  • sRGB / no saturation protection (checkbox OFF = default)
    → a slight difference on a sRGB screen [ and much bigger difference on a wide gamut screen ]

  • sRGB / saturation protection (checkbox ON = non default)
    → already a big difference on a sRGB screen


ref to post #2

As tested here in full length (see posts ## 18, 20, 35, 45)
for now*) we can achieve WYSIWYG with

  • SP ON → at 0 (= non default)
    for export to sRGB / no saturation protection (checkbox OFF = default)

  • SP ON → at 50 (= default)
    for export to sRGB / saturation protection (checkbox ON = non default)

  • SP ON → at any setting
    for export (to sRGB) with the option “Same as Soft Proofing”

*)
at the moment, the softproof with other settings is faulty / misleading


a side note
When exporting to a wider colour space than sRGB, the differences get smaller
( more saturation fits into and the PSC (SP) slider has less effect ).


ref to post #16

Yes right, the activation state of SP does matter.

  • If the Soft Proofing subpalette is not activated, but the export ICC profile is “Same as Soft Proofing,” then the amount of PSC (SP) applied on export is 0 (regardless of the slider setting)
    .
    and the resulting export looks (almost) identical to the one
    with sRGB / no saturation protection (checkbox OFF = default) on sRGB screen,
    – but there is quite a difference, when checking on AdobeRGB screen.
    .
    What happened … ?
    The export with the option “Same as Soft Proofing” but SP OFF was not saved as sRGB.
    .
    SP OFF is not connected to a colour profile and so the export kept the original profile
    “uncalibrated” from @John-M’s “Saturated-Reds” raw-file.
    .
    That can easily happen.
    By mistake one chooses the non-SP-file version to then export with “Same as Soft Proofing”.

[ edited for clarity ]


ref to post #20

Yes right, with matrix-based profiles like sRGB IEC61996-2.1 one can use the PSC (SP) slider,
while the rendering intents are not visibly greyed out / deactivated, but in fact → not active.