Appendix: Supplied Color Profiles - Nikon 25338 User Manual

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Appendix: Supplied Color
Profiles
1. Standard RGB Profiles
Supplied in Capture NX
1.1 Profiles with a Gamma Value
of 1.8 Apple RGB: NKApple.icm
(Windows)/ Nikon Apple RGB
4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)
This profile is used in desk-top
publishing applications and in Adobe
Photoshop versions 4.0 or earlier, and
is the typical RGB profile for Macintosh
monitors. The corresponding RGB
setting in Adobe Photoshop is "Apple
RGB." This profile is suitable for
working with images displayed on the
Macintosh.
ColorMatch RGB: MKCMatch.icm
(Windows)/ Nikon ColorMatch RGB
4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)
The ColorMatch profile is native to
Radius PressView monitors. It has a
wider gamut than Apple RGB, with a
particularly wide area devoted to the
reproduction of blues. The correspond-
ing RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop is
"Color Match RGB."
1.2 Profiles with a Gamma Value of
2.2 sRGB: NKsRGB.icm (Windows)/
Nikon sRGB 4.0.0.3001 (Macintosh)
This RGB profile is used in the major-
ity of Windows monitors. It closely
resembles the RGB commonly used in
color television, and is also used in the
digital television broadcasting system
that is on its way to becoming the
industry standard in the United States
of America. Software and hardware
manufacturers use it as a default color
profile and guarantee operation when it
is used. It is also on its way to becom-
ing the standard for images on the
web. This profile is suited to users who
plan to use their digital images "as
is," without editing or printing them.
It however suffers from the drawback
of a narrow gamut with a limited area
available for reproducing blues. The
corresponding RGB setting in Adobe
Photoshop 5.0 and 5.5 is "sRGB,"
the corresponding setting in Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 "sRGB IWC61966-2.1."
Bruce RGB: NKBruce.icm
(Windows)/ Nikon Bruce RGB
4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)
This color profile attempts to expand on
the ColorMatch RGB gamut by defining