Setting Up Color Management; Using Predefined Color Management Settings - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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Producing Consistent Color (Photoshop)
• Remove colorful background and user-interface
patterns on your monitor desktop. Busy or bright
patterns surrounding a document interfere with
accurate color perception. Set your desktop to
display neutral grays only.
• View document proofs in the real-world condi-
tions under which your audience will see the final
piece. For 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.

Setting up color management

Photoshop simplifies the task of setting up a
color-managed workflow by gathering most color
management controls in a single Color Settings
dialog box. You can choose from a list of
predefined color management settings, or you can
adjust the controls manually to create your own
custom settings. You can even save customized
settings to share them with other users and other
Adobe applications, such as Illustrator 9.0, that use
the Color Settings dialog box.
Photoshop also uses color management policies,
which determine how to handle color data that
does not immediately match your current color
management workflow. Policies provide guide-
lines on what to do when you open a document or
import color data into an active document.
To specify color management settings:
Choose Edit > Color Settings.
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To display helpful descriptions of the options that
appear in the dialog box, position the pointer over
a section heading or menu item. These descrip-
tions appear in the lower area of the dialog box.
Do one of the following:
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To set up a predefined color management
•
workflow, see "Using predefined color
management settings" on page 124.
To customize your own color management
•
settings, see "Customizing color management
settings" on page 126.
Click OK.
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Using predefined color
management settings
Photoshop offers a collection of predefined
color management settings designed to produce
consistent color for a common publishing
workflow, such as preparation for Web or offset
press output. In most cases, the predefined settings
will provide sufficient color management for your
needs. These settings can also serve as starting
points for customizing your own workflow-
specific settings.
To choose a predefined color management setting,
choose one of the following options from the
Settings menu in the Color Settings dialog box.