Adobe 65009333 - InCopy CS4 - PC Using Manual page 54

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USING INCOPY CS4
Working with InCopy documents
Note: Although Adobe InCopy does not include color-management options, these import options are relevant when the
images you place in InCopy are transferred to InDesign.
When you place a PSD, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, or BMP file and select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box, you'll
see a dialog box containing these options:
If this option isn't available, the image wasn't saved with a clipping path, or the file
Apply Photoshop Clipping Path
format doesn't support clipping paths. If the bitmap image doesn't have a clipping path, you can create one in
InDesign.
Select an alpha channel to import the area of the image saved as an alpha channel in Photoshop. InCopy
Alpha channel
uses the alpha channel to create a transparent mask on the image. This option is available only for images that contain
at least one alpha channel.
Image imported without clipping path (left) and with clipping path (right)
Click the Color tab to view the following options:
If Use Document Default is selected, leave this option unchanged. Otherwise, choose a color source profile that
Profile
matches the gamut of the device or software used to create the graphic. This profile enables InDesign to properly
translate its color to the gamut of the output device.
Choose a method for scaling the color range of the graphic to the color range of the output device.
Rendering Intent
Typically, you'll choose Perceptual (Images) because it accurately represents colors in photographs. The Saturation
(Graphics), Relative Colorimetric, and Absolute Colorimetric options are better for areas of solid color; they don't
reproduce photographs well. Rendering Intent options aren't available for bitmap, grayscale, and index-color mode
images.
Portable Network Graphics (.png) import options
When you place a PNG image and select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box, you'll see a dialog box with
three sections of import settings. Two sections contain the same options available for other bitmap image formats. The
other section, PNG Settings, contains the following settings:
This option is enabled by default when a PNG graphic includes transparency. If an
Use Transparency Information
imported PNG file contains transparency, the graphic interacts only where the background is transparent.
If a PNG graphic does not contain a file-defined background color, this option will be selected by
White Background
default. However, it is only enabled if Use Transparency Information is activated. If this option is selected, white is
used as the background color when applying transparency information.
If a PNG graphic was saved with a non-white background color, and Use
File Defined Background Color
Transparency Information is selected, this option is selected by default. If you don't want to use the default background
color, click White Background to import the graphic with a white background, or deselect Use Transparency
Information to import the graphic without any transparency (displaying areas of the graphic that are currently
transparent). Some image-editing programs can't specify a non-white background color for PNG graphics.
Select this option to adjust the gamma (midtone) values of a PNG graphic as you place it.
Apply Gamma Correction
This option lets you match image gamma to the gamma of the device you will use to print or display the graphic (such
Updated 29 April 2009