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Using color management


A color management system is used to achieve color consistency between different devices. Ideally, this means that the colors on your monitor accurately represent both the colors in the scanned image and the colors you will see when the image is printed. Photoshop Elements follows a color management workflow based on conventions developed by the International Color Consortium (ICC).

An ICC workflow uses color profiles to determine how colors in a file translate to actual color appearances. By associating, or tagging, an image with a color profile, you provide a definition of actual color appearances in the image; changing the associated profile changes the color appearances. Images without associated profiles are known as untagged and contain only raw colors.

To create a color-managed image:

1 Open a file and choose Edit > Color Settings.

2 Select a color management option, and click OK:
  • No color management to associate no color profile with the image.
  • Limited color management to tag the image with a standard color profile for Web graphics.
  • Full color management to tag the image with a standard color profile for print graphics. The exact color profile depends on the color mode of the image.

    • 3 Choose File > Save As, and select ICC Profile (Windows) or Embed Color Profile (Mac OS) in the Save As dialog box.

    4 Finish saving the image, as described in Saving images.

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