In Photoshop CS4/5, do you know exactly what are actually viewed when soft proofing is checked or unchecked and with soft Proof set to Windows sRGB or Monitor.
sRGB ProPhoto
Data Info (Lab=38,13,14) (Lab=38,14,14)
(CS5) 115,82,68 82,68,55
Following RGB values
were read with color picker
Soft Proof OFF * 119,90,75 121,90,75 CM
Soft Proof: sRGB * 119,90,75 89,77,63 MCM
Soft Proof: Monitor **115,82,67 82,68,54 NCM
PatchTool Display profile
set to Monitor profile
a) RelCol (BPC) * 121,90,74 121,90,74 Illu=D65
b) Absolute * 119,88,72 119,88,72 Illu=D65
c) RelCol (BPC) * 121,90,74 121,90,74 Illu=D50
d) Absolute * 126,87,60 126,87,60 Illu=D50
* These RGB values were directly read from screen with an color picker and they are monitor profile dependent.
** NCM not affected by monitor profile.
CM : Embedded icc profile tag is honored, monitor profile is applied.
MCM: Monitor profile is applied, however, embedded icc profile tag is ignored.
NCM: No Color Management. The pixel RGB values were sent to monitor.
ColorPic is a free color picker and it can be downloaded from here.