Set up color management (2024)

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  1. Photoshop Elements User Guide
  2. Introduction to Photoshop Elements
    1. What's new in Photoshop Elements
    2. System requirements | Photoshop Elements
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Guided mode
    5. Making photo projects
  3. Workspace and environment
    1. Get to know the Home screen
    2. Workspace basics
    3. Preferences
    4. Tools
    5. Panels and bins
    6. Open files
    7. Rulers, grids, and guides
    8. Enhanced Quick Mode
    9. File information
    10. Presets and libraries
    11. Multitouch support
    12. Scratch disks, plug-ins, and application updates
    13. Undo, redo, and cancel actions
    14. Viewing images
  4. Fixing and enhancing photos
    1. Resize images
    2. Cropping
    3. Process camera raw image files
    4. Add blur, replace colors, and clone image areas
    5. Adjust shadows and light
    6. Retouch and correct photos
    7. Sharpen photos
    8. Transforming
    9. Auto Smart Tone
    10. Recomposing
    11. Using actions to process photos
    12. Photomerge Compose
    13. Create a panorama
    14. Moving Overlays
    15. Moving Elements
  5. Adding shapes and text
    1. Add text
    2. Edit text
    3. Create shapes
    4. Editing shapes
    5. Painting overview
    6. Painting tools
    7. Set up brushes
    8. Patterns
    9. Fills and strokes
    10. Gradients
    11. Work with Asian type
  6. Quick Actions
  7. Guided edits, effects, and filters
    1. Guided mode
    2. Filters
    3. Guided mode Photomerge edits
    4. Guided mode Basic edits
    5. Adjustment filters
    6. Effects
    7. Guided mode Fun edits
    8. Guided mode Special edits
    9. Artistic filters
    10. Guided mode Color edits
    12. Blur filters
    13. Brush Stroke filters
    14. Distort filters
    15. Other filters
    16. Noise filters
    17. Render filters
    18. Sketch filters
    19. Stylize filters
    20. Texture filters
    21. Pixelate filters
  8. Working with colors
    1. Understanding color
    2. Set up color management
    3. Color and tonal correction basics
    4. Choose colors
    5. Adjust color, saturation, and hue
    6. Fix color casts
    7. Using image modes and color tables
    8. Color and camera raw
  9. Working with selections
    1. Make selections in Photoshop Elements
    2. Saving selections
    3. Modifying selections
    4. Move and copy selections
    5. Edit and refine selections
    6. Smooth selection edges with anti-aliasing and feathering
  10. Working with layers
    1. Create layers
    2. Edit layers
    3. Copy and arrange layers
    4. Adjustment and fill layers
    5. Clipping masks
    6. Layer masks
    7. Layer styles
    8. Opacity and blending modes
  11. Creating photo projects
    1. Project basics
    2. Making photo projects
    3. Editing photo projects
    4. Creating Photo Reels
  12. Saving, printing, and sharing photos
    1. Save images
    2. Printing photos
    3. Share photos online
    4. Optimizing images
    5. Optimizing images for the JPEG format
    6. Dithering in web images
    7. Guided Edits - Share panel
    8. Previewing web images
    9. Use transparency and mattes
    10. Optimizing images for the GIF or PNG-8 format
    11. Optimizing images for the PNG-24 format
  13. Keyboard shortcuts
    1. Keys for selecting tools
    2. Keys for selecting and moving objects
    3. Keys for the Layers panel
    4. Keys for showing or hiding panels (expert mode)
    5. Keys for painting and brushes
    6. Keys for using text
    7. Keys for the Liquify filter
    8. Keys for transforming selections
    9. Keys for the Color Swatches panel
    10. Keys for the Camera Raw dialog box
    11. Keys for the Filter Gallery
    12. Keys for using blending modes
    13. Keys for viewing images (expertmode)

About color management

Color management helps you to achieve consistentcolor among digital cameras, scanners, computer monitors, and printers.Each of these devices reproduces a different range of colors, calleda color gamut. As you move an image from your digital camerato your monitor, and finally to a printer, the image colors shift.This shift occurs because every device has a different color gamutand thus reproduces the colors differently.

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A. Lab color space (entire visible spectrum)B. Documents(working space)C. Devices

Color management translates the image colors so that each devicecan reproduce them in the same way and the colors you see on yourmonitor will be close to the colors in your printed image. All colorsmay not match exactly because the printer may not reproduce thesame range of colors as the monitor.

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A. Profiles describe the color spaces of the input deviceand the document.B. Using the profiles’ descriptions,the color management system identifies the document’s actual colors.C. The monitor’sprofile tells the color management system how to translate the numericvalues into the monitor’s color space.D. Usingthe output device’s profile, the color management system translatesthe document’s numeric values into the color values of the outputdevice, so the actual colors are printed.

For color management to work, youmust profile your devices or use an ICC profile created by the device’smanufacturer.

Capture devices

Profiling is not critical for capture devices such as digital camerasor scanners. You may want to profile a scanner, however, if youwant to accurately reproduce the colors in scanned transparencies,and reduce your color correction workload in Photoshop Elements.

Monitors

Calibrating and profiling your monitor is important. If youare using a laptop or other LCD monitor, you can use the profileprovided by the manufacturer. If you own a colorimeter and correspondingsoftware to create profiles, you can use those profiles in Photoshop Elements.

Printers

Profiling your inkjet printer will generally give you betterresults, though you can make excellent prints without a printerprofile by using the controls in your printer driver. Many printermanufacturers provide ICC printer profiles on their websites. Youneed a separate profile for each printer, ink, and type of paper.You can also have profiles made for your favorite combination of inkand paper.

When you work on a photo and save it, Photoshop Elements can embed (tag) an ICC profilethat reflects the colors on your computer monitor or the devicethat produced it. Embedding profiles with an image makes its colorportable, so that different devices can translate its color values.For example, if you send the photo to your inkjet printer, the colormanagement system reads the embedded profile and translates thecolor data using the printer’s profile. Your printer can then use thetranslated color data to accurately translate its color into theselected media.

Color management tasks

Ifyou want to use color management, you need to perform the followingtasks:

  • Set up color management by embedding a color profileand using device profiles when scanning or printing. (See Setup color management.)

  • Calibrate and profile your computer monitor. If you use anLCD monitor, use the profile that came with your monitor. See yourLCD monitor documentation for instructions.

  • When you print an image from Photoshop Elements,make sure that the correct color profile is specified in the ColorManagement area of the More Options dialog box. Or, if you don’thave a printer profile, specify colors using the color controlsin the printer driver. In addition, choose a color setting that’sappropriate for your workflow, such as Optimize For Printing.

    See Also
    Essential Photoshop Color Settings

Set up color management

  1. In Photoshop Elements, choose Edit> ColorSettings.

  2. Select one of the following color management options,then click OK.

    No Color Management

    Leaves your image untagged. This option uses your monitorprofile as the working space. It removes any embedded profiles when openingimages, and does not tag when saving.

    Always Optimize Colors For Computer Screens

    Uses sRGB as the RGB working space; the Grayscale workingspace is Gray Gamma 2.2. This option preserves embedded profiles,and assigns sRGB when opening untagged files.

    Always Optimize For Printing

    Uses Adobe RGB as the RGB working space; the Grayscaleworking space is Dot Gain 20%. This option preserves embedded profilesand assigns Adobe RGB when opening untagged files.

    Allow Me To Choose

    Lets you choose sRGB (the default) or Adobe RGB when openinguntagged files.

  3. When you save a file, select ICC Profile in the SaveAs dialog box.

Convert color profile

You don’t oftenchange the color profile of a document. Photoshop Elements automaticallyassigns the color profile based on the setting you select in the ColorSettings dialog box. However, one reason to manually change a color profileis when preparing a document for a different output destination.The other time to change a color profile is for correcting a policybehavior that you no longer want implemented in the document. Changingthe color profile is recommended for advanced users only.

  1. Choose Image > Convert Color Profile and thenchoose one of the following:

    Remove Profile

    Removes the profile so that the document is no longercolor-managed.

    Convert To sRGB Profile

    Embeds an sRGB profile in the document.

    Convert To Adobe RGB Profile

    Embeds an Adobe RGB profile in the document.

More like this

  • Printing overview
  • Color management settings for best print output
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