Customizing Color Management Settings - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop)
import. For a newly created document, the color
workflow operates relatively seamlessly:
the document uses the working space profile
associated with its color mode for creating and
editing colors.
However, it is common to encounter the following
exceptions to your color-managed workflow:
You might open a document or import color
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data (for example, by copying and pasting or
dragging and dropping) from a document that is
not tagged with a profile. This is often the case
when you open a document created in an appli-
cation that either does not support color
management or has color management turned off.
• You might open a document or import
color data from a document that is tagged with a
profile different from the current working space.
This may be the case when you open a document
that has been created using different color
management settings, or a document that has been
scanned and tagged with a scanner profile.
In either case, Photoshop must decide how to
handle the color data in the document. A color
management policy looks for the color profile
associated with an opened document or imported
color data, and compares the profile (or lack of
profile) with the current working space to make
default color management decisions. If the profile
is missing or does not match the working space,
Photoshop displays a message that indicates the
default action for the policy. In many cases you will
also be provided with the opportunity to choose
another action. For detailed information on the
color management decisions associated with
different policies, see "Specifying color
management policies" on page 128.
Working with policy warnings and
messages
The predefined color management workflows
are set to display warning or option messages
when a default color management policy is about
to be used. Although you can disable the repeated
display of some warning and messages by selecting
the Don't Show Again option, it is highly recom-
mended that you continue to display all policy
messages, to ensure the appropriate color
management of documents on a case-by-case
basis. (See "Resetting all warning dialogs" on
page 87.) You should only turn off message
displays if you are very confident that you under-
stand the default policy decision and are willing to
accept it for all documents that you open.
You cannot undo the results of a default policy
decision once a document has been saved.
Customizing color management
settings
Although the predefined settings should
provide sufficient color management for many
publishing workflows, you may sometimes want to
customize individual options in a configuration.
For example, you might want to change the CMYK
working space to a profile that matches the
proofing system used by your service bureau.