Epson Perfection 3200 Photo Color Management Workbook - Page 27

Configuring Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1, Scanning with LaserSoft SilverFast

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Configuring Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 Adobe Photoshop offers powerful but sometimes complicated color management features. To configure Adobe Photoshop for the EPSON Scanto-Print workflow, follow these simple steps. 1 Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu (Mac OS 9, Windows), or the Photoshop Elements menu (Mac OS X). The Color Settings window appears: Scanning with LaserSoft SilverFast The instructions given for configuring SilverFast apply whether you're using the standalone SilverFast application or the SilverFast Import plug-in. The procedure is identical for both. However, the settings for scanning reflective copy are slightly different from those for scanning transparencies. Reflective Scanning with SilverFast 1 Launch the SilverFast application, or open the File menu and choose Import> SilverFast (Epson) in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. SilverFast appears: 2 For Settings, choose U.S. Prepress Defaults, then click OK. Choosing this option sets Photoshop to use the Adobe RGB (1998) color space for all your RGB work. Adobe RGB (1998) is large enough to hold all the colors you can print on your EPSON printer. That's all you need to do to configure Photoshop for the workflow. 2 On the main SilverFast screen, click the General Tab. Make sure that Original is set to Reflective and Pos./Neg. is set to Positive, then click the Options button. 23

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Configuring Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1
Adobe Photoshop offers powerful but sometimes
complicated color management features. To
configure Adobe Photoshop for the EPSON Scan-
to-Print workflow, follow these simple steps.
1
Choose
Color Settings
from the Edit menu
(Mac OS 9, Windows), or the Photoshop
Elements menu (Mac OS X).
The Color Settings window appears:
2
For Settings, choose
U.S. Prepress
Defaults
, then click
OK
.
Choosing this option sets Photoshop to use
the Adobe RGB (1998) color space for all
your RGB work. Adobe RGB (1998) is large
enough to hold all the colors you can print
on your EPSON printer.
That’s all you need to do to configure
Photoshop for the workflow.
Scanning with
LaserSoft SilverFast
The instructions given for configuring SilverFast
apply whether you’re using the standalone
SilverFast application or the SilverFast Import
plug-in. The procedure is identical for both.
However, the settings for scanning reflective copy
are slightly different from those for scanning
transparencies.
Reflective Scanning with SilverFast
1
Launch the SilverFast application, or open
the File menu and choose
Import>
SilverFast (Epson)
in Photoshop or
Photoshop Elements. SilverFast appears:
2
On the main SilverFast screen, click the
General
Tab. Make sure that Original is set
to
Reflective
and Pos./Neg. is set to
Positive
, then click the
Options
button.
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