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Embedding ICC Color Profiles

When you work on a color document, you're viewing the image using your computer, with a specific version of Photoshop, and a unique monitor calibration. What you need is a way to preserve the visual settings of the document. In other words, you want someone else, to see what you see. The ICC Color Profile system is a universal way of saving a color profile (called tagging or embedding), and has a reasonable certainty that the document will display correctly on other devices. Although there are several modes that accept ICC profiles, the two most common modes are RGB and CMYK.

Embed ICC Color Profiles

Open a document.

Click the

View menu, point to

Proof Setup , and then click

Custom .

Click the

Device To Simulate list arrow, and then select a color profile for the image.

Click

OK .

Click the

File menu, and then click

Save As .

Enter a file name.

Click the

Format list arrow, and then select one of the following formats: Photoshop, Photoshop EPS, JPEG, Photoshop PDF, or TIFF.

IMPORTANT

To save the file with the newly created custom profile, the file must be saved as an

EPS

,

DCS

, or

PDF .

Click the

Where (Mac) or

Save As (Win) list arrow, and then select a location to save the file.

Select the

Embed Color Profile (Mac) or

ICC Profile (Win) check box.

Click

Save to save the file as a copy, and embed the new profile.

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