ten sharpening even if the sharpen slider is set to zero. Careful comparison testing is required to determine whetheryourpreferredPIEwarechoiceaddssharpen- ing. Careful testing is also required to determine whethersharpeninginyourparticularPIEwarecreates jaggiesorotherartifactsthancanbeavoidedbysharp- eninginPhotoshop.Often,theamountofsharpening appropriate for Web proofs will be detrimental for master files, so remember to check the sharpening settingsbeforeexportingthefile,andeitherreduceit ortakeittozero.We'vefoundthatthedefaultsharp- eningsettinginmostPIEwareisareasonableamount to use as capture sharpening. Process sharpening is added at the appropriate time as we work on the master file, and output sharpening is only applied to the derivative delivery files based on final use. Some the color intent of the files coming out of the PIEware. Master Files and Derivative Files Workflow The final goal of optimization is to prepare your imagefilesforthenextstepinyourspecificworkflow. Referring back to the flowcharts, the next step is often to correct tone and color for proofing. If the workflowdoesn'trequireaproofingstep,wemaywant to adjust the tone and color prior to archiving, or perhaps in preparation for exporting selected images toarasterimageeditor,suchasPhotoshop,foraddi- tional work that can only be done in that kind of application. Ifproofingorarchivingisthenextworkflowstep,we