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natB838
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June 15, 2023
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Color Profiles

  • June 15, 2023
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I have recently calibrated my 2017, 27" iMAc monitor using Spyder X Pro and saved this new profile. In Photoshop when editing my pictures for printing purposes, which settings do I apply under 'Working Spaces'? My newly calibrated profile or the Adobe RGB (1998)? What about under 'Color Management Policies'? 'Preserve Embedded Profiles'? Thank you. Nat

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    Don't do anything!

     

    The software handles all this automatically. The monitor profile belongs at system level, not document level.

     

    The document profile should always be a standard color space like sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto. Color management policies should always be set to "preserve embedded profiles".

     

    Photoshop gets the monitor profile from the operating system at application startup. The profile is used by Photoshop in a standard profile conversion, performed on the fly, from the document profile and into the monitor profile. These converted numbers are sent to screen.

     

     

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    NB, colourmanagement
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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    June 19, 2023

    Photoshop uses the document colour space and the display colour space when sending data to the screen - automatically. 

    Never set the working colour space to the display colour space. There are a few reasons - among those:

    1: When you periodically recalibrate the display screen, the display profile may well change (perhaps as the screen hardware ages) - so you'd not want to be working in display colour space because that colour space is not consistent.

    2: Photoshop's working colour spaces are linear, they are designed for storage and editing - which means that image adjustments work as expected, if an image is in a device colour space this may not be the case.

    3: You may like to send image files to others - a recognised working colour space such as sRGB or Adobe RGB is more universally applicable. 

     

    more here

     

    I hope this helps
    neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
    google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

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      natB838Author
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      June 19, 2023

      Thank you for that wealth of information. That article you inlcuded the link to offers a lot of information as well.

      NB, colourmanagement
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      NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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      June 27, 2023

      @natB838 thanks, good to knowit was helpful

       

      I hope this helps
      neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
      google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      June 15, 2023

      Don't do anything!

       

      The software handles all this automatically. The monitor profile belongs at system level, not document level.

       

      The document profile should always be a standard color space like sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto. Color management policies should always be set to "preserve embedded profiles".

       

      Photoshop gets the monitor profile from the operating system at application startup. The profile is used by Photoshop in a standard profile conversion, performed on the fly, from the document profile and into the monitor profile. These converted numbers are sent to screen.

       

       

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