Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 141
Synchronizing color management between applications, Soft-proofing colors
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 131 User Guide Synchronizing color management between applications The Color Settings dialog box represents the common color management controls shared by several Adobe applications, including Photoshop 6.0 and Illustrator 9.0. If you modify and save over the current color settings file in any application other than Photoshop, you may be prompted to synchronize the common color settings upon starting Photoshop or upon reopening the Color Settings dialog box in Photoshop. Synchronizing the color settings helps to ensure that color is reproduced consistently between Adobe applications that use the Color Settings dialog box. To share custom color settings between applications, be sure to save and load the settings file in the desired applications. (See "Saving and loading color management settings" on page 130.) Soft-proofing colors In a traditional publishing workflow, you print a hard proof of your document to preview how the document's colors will look when reproduced on a specific output device. In a color-managed workflow, you can use the precision of color profiles to soft-proof your document directly on the monitor-to display an on-screen preview of the document's colors as reproduced on a specified device. In addition, you can use your printer to produce a hard-proof version of this soft proof. (See "Using color management when printing" on page 382.) The following diagram shows how the source document profile, proof profile, and monitor profile are used to represent colors in a soft proof. A B C A. Document space B. Proof space C. Monitor space Keep in mind that the reliability of the soft proof is highly dependent upon the quality of your monitor, your monitor profile, and the ambient lighting conditions of your work station. (See "Creating an ICC monitor profile" on page 136.) To display a soft proof: 1 Choose View > Proof Setup, and choose the proof profile space that you want to simulate: • Custom soft-proofs colors using the color profile of a specific output device. Follow the instructions after this procedure to set up the custom proof. • Working CMYK soft-proofs colors using the current CMYK working space as defined in the Color Settings dialog box. • Working Cyan Plate, Working Magenta Plate, Working Yellow Plate, Working Black Plate, or Working CMY Plates soft-proofs specific CMYK ink colors using the current CMYK working space.