Design Gamut Warnings alert you when the resulting colour of overprinting layers goes outside of your monitor and/or printer gamut. They can be viewed in the Design Window and the Layout Window.
Design Gamut Warnings are displayed tonally, giving you a better idea of how far the colours are out of gamut, and which areas are affected as items further 'out of gamut' are shown in a darker tone.
The warnings update in real time as you recolour designs to resolve potential colour matching problems.
Setting your output device gamut
The AVA CMS Controller holds the profile for the printer you are going to be outputting your artwork to, and if you are using the AVA Multiview Picker, this is the gamut from which you pick your colours, safe in the knowledge that they will print as you see them on the screen*. If you are not using the AVA Multiview Picker, it is very easy to pick colours outside your printers gamut. If this happens, a warning symbol will appear on the colour block for that layer in your Layers Palette.
* A colour match can only be guaranteed if your settings and ambient lighting are correct.
However, if someone else is going to be printing your artwork, it makes sense to have a warning should a colour you pick goes out of their gamut.
To do this, you need to acquire a copy of their printer profile. This can be via a shared server, or e-mailed to you.
Tip: If you do ask them to e-mail the profile to you, request that they compress it first. This will prevent the profile from becoming corrupt during the e-mail process.
Once you have their profile, go to AVA Menu > Settings > Overprinting.
Tick 'Soft Proofing and Printer Gamut Warnings Profile', then drag the profile into the space below this option.
Activating the warnings
In the Warnings Inspector, ensure the Gamut tab is selected.
- Monitor and Printer - shows either the monitor or printer (or both) gamut areas in the design in the colour selected in the window
- Show Over Design - allows you to see the out of gamut areas on top of the image or layer
- Threshold dE - indicates the starting point at which the Gamut warning should appear based on the Delta-E differences between the colour in the design and the colour achieved on the monitor, the printer gamut or both.For more information on Delta-E, click here
- Max dE - indicates the maximum Delta-E at which the Gamut Warnings shouldn’t appear based on the Delta-E differences between the colour in the design and the colour achieved on the monitor, the printer gamut or both
- Gamut Warnings on Colour Blocks - displays small warning symbols on any layer whose colour chip is out of the monitor or printer gamut
- Printer dE - specify the tolerance for the gamut warnings
- Default Views to Show Gamut Warnings - switches Design Gamut Warnings on in the View menu as defaultIf 'Default Views to Show Gamut Warnings' is switched off, go to the View Menu and tick Design Gamut Warnings to switch these on.When multiple layers overprint each other, they create a new combined colour, and it is this colour which often falls outside of the printer gamut and causes problems.
Design Gamut Warnings help you to identify these areas within your design, giving you the opportunity to correct them before sending the design to production. These warnings can be printed from the Layout Window. Simply view the information needed and print it.