Soft proofing

Icefields provides great visual feedback. Many believe the only accurate softproof method is to display the hafltone result. This filter also includes dot gain.

This illustration shows the main window.

Spot color creation and separation

Spot color creation is an important tool for five-color offset, silk screen, and carbon-dye photography. Select your ink color with the color picker, separate that color from your image, make a grayscale version, and use an FM halftone to avoid moire.

This illustration shows a pink-tone ink separated from the photograph.

Under color removal or color knockout

Control the removal of under-color to reduce the amount of ink buildup for print reproduction, Control the ink either under the spot color or under the black separation.

This illustration shows the under-color controller and the knockout of the above spot color.

Halftone Pre-processing