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Photoshop Elements 3Windows
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Introduction
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Introduction
• The RGB Workflow Guide is designed as an introductory reference and we recommend further reading from books and the internet.
• Colour management is a complex subject that can take many years to study.
• This document describes the basic RGB workflow for EPSON printers.
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Display Calibration and Profiling
The window to colour
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Display Calibration & Profiling• The cornerstone of a colour managed workflow is a profiled and
calibrated display. You cannot colour correct on screen nor expect any match between screen and print if the monitor is unprofiled.
• Displays can be profiled and calibrated either visually by eye or by instrument – a colorimeter or spectrophotometer.
• Visual software can be used to calibrate and profile displays but it is unreliable and can only be as good as your own judgment indiffering conditions.
• Instrument profiling is the only way to obtain an accurate display profile.
• Companies such as Gretag Macbeth and Colorvision produce excellent, affordable products for performing monitor profiling and calibration. This method is highly recommended.
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Display Calibration & Profiling
• Calibration puts the monitor into a known state. Profiling describes the output capabilities of the monitor. Instrument based software usually combines the two steps.
• A profiled monitor will give you the best chance of a match between screen and print.
• Because displays change over time, monitor profiling should be repeated on a regular basis – at least once a month.
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Photoshop Elements 3
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Photoshop Elements 3
• Elements 3 load screen
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Photoshop Elements 3• Start up screen.• Select your
preferred option.
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Photoshop Elements 3
Colour Setup
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Colour Setup• For the purpose of
setting up the colour management it would be worth while to just select: Start From Scratch.
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Colour Setup
• A screen like this will be presented, just select: OK
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Colour Setup• Correctly setting up
Photoshop Elements is essential.
• Select>Edit>Color Settings.
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Colour Setup
• Select>Full Color Management.
• Press OK
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Photoshop Elements 3
Image Setup
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Image Setup
• Photoshop Elements 3 has a cut down version of the colour management setup to Photoshop CS2.
• Although there is the ability to work in larger colour spaces like Adobe RGB(1998), Elements will consider what profile is embedded, i.e. sRGB.
• If your Digital Camera has Adobe RGB(1998) capability then this should be used.
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Image Setup• Open your desired
image.• If the image has a no
profile, this dialogue box is presented.
• Select>Assign Adobe RGB.
Assigning the profile can alter the images colour slightly. This is not necessarily a bad thing as it can allow for a better colour reproduction.
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Image Setup
• Unfortunately Elements 3 does not have a Soft Proofing function like Photoshop.
• Therefore, the function of using the printers paper profile to simulate the final print to screen is not available.
• Soft proofing to screen is only a simulation, this workflow will produce similar results as if printing using Photoshop.
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Printing to EPSON
RGB Printing
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RGB Printing
• After selecting Page Setup for the required media print size.
• Select>File>Print.
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RGB Printing• Select>Show More
Options.
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RGB Printing• Select>Print Space to
obtain the correct Printer Model and Paper profile .
• Select Rendering Intent.
• Press Print.
Only select either Perceptual or Relative Colorimetric, these are photographic intents.More about this on the next page.
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RGB Printing
• Rendering Intents are used to move colour from input devices such as cameras or scanners to output devices like printers.
• Perceptual and Relative Colorimetric are more common photographic intents.
• Saturation and Absolute Colorimetric are not suited for this kind of imaging.
• Perceptual is suited more for colour imaging where as Relative Colorimetric is suited for colour and black & white imaging.
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RGB Printing
• Select the correct Epson Printer.
• Select>Properties.
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RGB Printing
• Depending on the printer being used, some dialogues can differ.
• Following is and example of those differences.
• Use the one that is relevant to your particular driver set-up.
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RGB Printing• Select>Quality.
• Select>Media Type.
• Select>Print Preview.(Optional)
• Select>Advanced.
Make sure the Media Type matches the paper in the printer and the selected Printer Space profile.
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RGB Printing• Select>ICM.• Select>Off (No
Color Adjustment).
• Select OK.
The reason for selecting No Color Adjustment is so that the output profile does the colour adjustment.
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RGB Printing
• If the properties screen looks like this.
• Select Custom.• Select Advanced.
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RGB Printing• Select No Color
Adjustment.
• Select Resolution.
• Select OK.
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RGB Printing• If the properties screen
looks like this.• Select Advanced.
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RGB Printing• Select ICM.• Select No Color
Adjustment.• Select Resolution.
• Select OK.
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RGB Printing
• Select OK.
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RGB Printing• Preview Screen
displays a layout only representation of the image.
• This is only to be used to visualise the position of the image on the selected paper size.
• DO NOT USE PREVIEW FOR COLOUR MATCHING!
• Select>Print to output.
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Conclusion
• Thank you for taking the time to read through this document.
• EPSON Australia hope that this helps with the results you are trying to achieve.
• This document is an introduction to the world of colour management and inkjet printing.
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Reference• Photoshop
Elements 3 Help.
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Online References
• www.epson.com.au• www.adobe.com.au• www.digitaldog.net• www.computer-darkroom.co.uk• www.apple.com.au• http://world.i1color.com/• www.xrite.com/home.aspx• www.chromix.com/colorthink/• www.brucelindbloom.com/
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Books
• Real World Color Management 2nd
Edition.
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EPSON Australia
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