Keeping Colors Consistent; About Color Management In Adobe Applications - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Remove colorful background patterns on your monitor desktop. Busy or bright patterns surrounding a document
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interfere with accurate color perception. Set your desktop to display neutral grays only.
View document proofs in the real-world conditions under which your audience will see the final piece. For
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example, you might want to see how a housewares catalog looks under the incandescent light bulbs used in homes,
or view an office furniture catalog under the fluorescent lighting used in offices. However, always make final color
judgements under the lighting conditions specified by the legal requirements for contract proofs in your country.

Keeping colors consistent

About color management in Adobe applications

Adobe's color management system helps you maintain the appearance of colors as you bring images in from external
sources, edit documents and transfer them between Adobe applications, and output your finished compositions.
This system is based on conventions developed by the International Color Consortium (ICC), a group responsible
for standardizing profile formats and procedures so that consistent and accurate color can be achieved throughout a
workflow.
By default, color management is turned on in Adobe applications. If you purchased the Adobe Creative Suite, color
settings are synchronized across applications to provide consistent display for RGB and CMYK colors. This means
that colors look the same no matter which application you view them in.
Color settings for each Creative Suite application are synchronized in a central location through Adobe Bridge.
If you decide to change the default settings, easy-to-use presets let you configure Adobe's color management system
to match common output conditions. You can also customize color settings to meet the demands of your particular
color workflow.
Keep in mind that the kinds of images you work with and your output requirements influence how you use color
management. For example, there are different color-consistency issues for an RGB photo printing workflow, a CMYK
commercial printing workflow, a mixed RGB/CMYK digital printing workflow, and an internet publishing workflow.
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