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How does color management technology in Adobe Creative Suite 2
help?
The color management technology in Adobe Creative Suite 2 lets you achieve more ac-
curate and consistent color reproduction by performing two essential tasks:
Identifies a specific color appearance for RGB or CMYK numbers in a document
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Maintains the color appearance by changing the color numbers needed by the target
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device to produce the specified color appearance
Color management technology relies on profiles and a color management system (CMS).
Profiles give the CMS the information needed to maintain the color appearance when a
file is sent to a device. For example, if the color represented by the numbers R235, G56,
and B70 on a scanner is tomato red but looks closer to brick red on a monitor, the CMS
translates the RGB numbers to those needed by the monitor to preserve the tomato red
appearance. In this way, color management helps you reproduce consistent color—
independent of the unique color characteristics of a particular device.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 components include easy-to-use color management features and
tools to help you achieve consistent color without becoming a color management expert.
You will have the tools to view colors consistently across applications and devices, ensur-
ing more accurate color throughout your workflow—from edit to proof to final print.
New color features in Adobe Creative Suite 2
The following new features are designed to make your color management experience easier.
FE AT U R E
Updated Color Setting Files
Adobe Bridge
Preserving CMYK color numbers
Improved spot color handling
Common color selection
Improved black viewing and
printing
Task-based print dialog boxes
Common interface for creating
PDF files
W H AT I T M E A N S TO YO U
Color settings files (CSFs) control the behavior of an appli-
cation's color management features. Adobe Creative Suite 2
comes with several preset CSFs—each based on a common
workflow, such as Web/Internet or Prepress—that users can
select from one central location in Adobe Bridge.
Adobe Bridge serves as an easy-to-use, central location for
selecting CSFs and then sharing those settings across all
Adobe Creative Suite 2 components.
Safe CMYK mode preserves CMYK color numbers in your
workflow using a new Color Management Policy called
"Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked Profiles)".
Spot colors preview and proof consistently from Adobe
Illustrator CS2, Adobe InDesign CS2, and Adobe Photoshop
CS2. You also get better control over conversions from spot
colors to process colors.
A common .ASE swatch book format lets you share colors
across Adobe Creative Suite 2 components.
You can choose how to view and print blacks in
Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2, as well as view and print
them more accurately.
Simplified print dialog boxes make it easier to control color
management features whether printing a proof or a final
document.
All Adobe Creative Suite 2 components have an easy-to-
use, common interface for generating Portable Document
Format (PDF) files and sharing PDF presets.
Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
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