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Importing images into a color-managed document
When you import an image, you can control how it is color-managed in your document. If
you know that an imported image contains an accurate embedded profile, just import it
and continue working. InDesign reads the embedded profile and applies it to the image.
In addition, InDesign applies the document's default rendering intent, which is the
rendering intent specified in the color settings file, rather than the one embedded with
the image. You can change the color profile or rendering intent of the imported image.
(See "Viewing and changing profile settings for individual images" on page
About importing images without embedded profiles
When you import an image that you know contains no profile, you have two choices:
Do nothing. InDesign applies the appropriate default source profile selected in the
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Color Settings dialog box. This works well only if you know that the images were
created using the same color space described by your default profiles.
View, override, or disable the graphic's current color management settings. You can do
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this using the Image Color Settings dialog box as you place the graphic, or at any time
directly on the layout.
Color-managing scanned images
When you receive a CMYK scan, a scanner operator has converted the image from RGB to
CMYK using a color lookup table. Use the following guidelines as you prepare scanned
images:
If the image has an embedded profile, use it for soft-proofing and controlling color in
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the document.
If the image doesn't have an embedded profile, use the document's default profile.
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If the image's source profile differs from your destination profile, and you don't want to
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convert the CMYK color values at print time, you may want to turn off color
management. You can turn off color management, either globally at print time or
individually for selected images. For details, see
printing" on page 400, and
images" on page 360.
Resolving profile conflicts
If you import an image saved with an embedded profile that has the same name as a
profile already in your document, InDesign gives priority to the profile originally
embedded in the image.
For example, suppose your document contains a source profile called MonitorD50.icm,
and you import two images each with a profile also named MonitorD50.icm, and all three
profiles are different. In this case, each image uses its own unique embedded version of
the duplicate profile, instead of the InDesign document's profile.
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