Specifying color management settings

In the first part of this lesson, you’ll learn how to set up a color-managed workflow. To help you with this, the Color Settings dialog box in Photoshop contains most of the color management controls you need. (This dialog box appears the first time you start Photoshop.)

For instance, Photoshop is set up for RGB as part of a Web/online workflow by default. However, if you’re preparing artwork for print production, you would likely change the settings to be more appropriate for images that will be printed on paper rather than displayed on a screen.

You’ll begin this lesson by starting Photoshop and creating customized color settings.

1.
Start Adobe Photoshop.

If you used another application to modify and save the current color-settings file, a dialog box appears, prompting you to synchronize the common color settings when you start Photoshop or reopen the Color Settings dialog box in Photoshop.

Synchronizing the color settings helps to ensure that color is reproduced consistently among Adobe applications that use the Color Settings dialog box. You can also share custom color settings by saving and loading the settings file in the desired applications and providing the settings file to other users. For more information, see Photoshop 7.0 online Help.

2.
Choose Edit > Color Settings (Windows, Mac OS 9) or Photoshop > Color Settings (Mac OS 10) to display the Color Settings dialog box.

The bottom of the dialog box contains information about the various color-management options in it, which you’ll now review.

3.
Move the mouse pointer over each part of the dialog box, including the names of areas (such as Working Spaces) and the options you can choose (such as the different menu options), returning the options to their defaults when you’re done. As you move the mouse, view the information that appears at the bottom of the dialog box.

Now you’ll choose a general set of options that will specify the individual options for you. In this case, you’ll pick one designed for a print workflow, rather than an online workflow.

4.
Select a prepress default from the Settings menu at the top of the dialog box (we used U.S. Prepress Defaults) and click OK.

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