Installing .csf files and using them to create a pdf from Indesign.

[LittleNFiesty]

I have a .csf file that was sent to me that I need to:

1.     Install (not sure how to do that in CS4),

2.     And be able to use in Indesign when I create a pdf from an Indesign file.

I'm not sure how to do this.

[Peter Truskier]

If you only need the settings in InDesign, you can use the "Edit > Color Settings..."" menu option, and then press the "Load..." button to navigate to the .csf file, and load it into InDesign. If you are using any other CS app in this project (Illustrator, Photoshop,etc.), then you should probably load the settings into all the CS apps, by launching Adobe Bridge, and doing the same thing from the "Edit  > Creatine Suite Color Settings..." menu option in Bridge.

[LittleNFiesty]

Okay...I got the CSF file to show up in my drop down for color manage, but I only want that one file color managed, and only when I pdf the file.  I don't need to color manage all my files with the same profile, just this one. Any suggestions out there?

Help!?!?

[Peter Spier]

Like it or not, InDesign is a color managed application, and your files are all being managed.

You'll always have less grief if the working spaces match the output, but that isn't always possible. If you want to to convert to the profiles specified in the CSF file, choose one of the "Convert to Profile" settings and select the correct profile as the destination. You'll have two options, preserve numbers, or don't preserve numbers.

Preserving numbers will cause colors to shift, but will preserve 100% K blacks. Not preseving numbers will change the numbers to give you the closes match possible in appearance, but will royally screw up your 100% K type if going to press.