This enables us to see what effect the profile will have, providing that our 'soft proofing' and monitor are set up correctly, of course! In this case, with this image, sRGB gave the best appearance. When the image is displayed we can use the Edit / Assign Profile menu to assign the relevant source profile, while viewing with Preview checked.
If you're not sure test different profiles later using the Edit/Assign Profile menu. With this option you also have the option to convert the document to the working RGB at the same time. In this case I knew that this particular scanner profile was the correct one for this scanned image. In this case assign the most suitable profile later.ĭo this if you are sure that it is the best profile for the image.ģ) Assign Profile: Then select a profile. In this case the image, which happened to be scanned, had no profile embedded.
You can later 'Convert' to the working space if required. You can later (when the image is open) try assigning different profiles, in Edit/Assign Profile menu while using Preview to check the result. It is a good safe option if you are unsure of the image's correct colour space. This will actually display the image using your working space. This is useful if you are pasting several images together, producing a final document in the working space.ģ) Discard the embedded profile (don't color manage). This will convert the image to the working space's RGB numbers, while retaining it's appearance.
Use this only if you are absolutely sure that the embedded profile is correct for the image's camera or scanner. When saving the image, this profile will be embedded, enabling yourself or others to see its intended appearance.Ģ) Convert document's colors to the working space. This will preserve the embedded profile, and will use it to show the appearance of the image correctly. You will get the following message, and your options will be: 'Adobe RGB'), you will need to carefully consider your options, and whether the embedded profile is the correct one. If you set your 'policies' to Preserve embedded profiles and your image's embedded profile is different to the working space (e.g. If you have configured your Color Settings as in Part 1 of this tutorial, and you open an image embedded with the same profile as your working space you will not get a 'profile mismatch' warning, and the image will simply be displayed. These profiles will be used to inform Photoshop what the image's colours look like, in order that it can be displayed correctly (for which monitor calibration and profiling will also be required), and later may be used to help convert it to a printer colour space (by means of an output profile). For example, an image from a digital camera (TIFF/JPEG, but usually not an unconverted RAW image) could have 'Adobe RGB' embedded, while a CMYK image for commercial printing could have a profile of a version of an 'ISO' standard embedded. We now look at what happens when opening images in Photoshop, with or without an embedded ICC profile.Īn embedded profile can be any type of ICC profile for RGB (or CMYK) images. In Part 2 we looked at the most common Colour Spaces and their ICC profiles. Photoshop Colour Management Part 3 - Opening Images