Photoshop’s default condition is to have many colour management options turned off. This is to make it as easy

as possible for rst time users to get to grips with the program. It is necessary however to activate many of these

colour management options so that Lyson printer proles are handled correctly. Also it should be said that the

more understanding of Photoshop’s colour management the user has, then the more predictable the printed result will be.

The following settings are not necessarily going to give the quickest and simplest work ow. They are designed so that the user

knows exactly what is happening at every stage of the le preparation and printing process. This ensures that the print looks as the

user would expect it to look.

Photoshop 5

Go to FILE-COLOR SETTINGS-PROFILE SETUP

CMYK: US Web Coated (SWOP) V2

Greyscale: Greyscale - Gamma 1.8

At the top of this window ensure that all the “Embed Proles” options are

ticked. This tags any images you create in Photoshop with the working

space that was in use at the time.

If an image is opened which does not have an embedded prole tag* then

the RGB, CMYK or Greyscale assumptions are applied.

“Prole Mismatch Handling” dictates how Photoshop reacts when it opens

an image with an embedded prole* which does not match the working space currently in use. Setting these options to “Ask When

Opening” allows the user to decide what to do in this event. The recommended choices are given later in this document.

Using Profiles in Photoshop

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print essential

PLEASE KEEP THESE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LATER USE

Photoshop 6/7/CS

Go to EDIT-COLOR SETTINGS

These settings can be downloaded from the Lyson website as a document that can be imported directly into Photoshop. Download

opposite are those that Lyson recommends.

Under “Working Spaces” select:

RGB: Adobe RGB (1998)*

CMYK: US Web Coated (SWOP) V2

Greyscale: Greyscale - Gamma 1.8

Spot: Dot Gain 20%

In “Color Management Policies” select “Preserve Embedded

Proles” for “RGB”, “CMYK” and “Gray”.

This ensures that if an image is opened that was created in a different working space, the original colour information and working

space tag* is retained, rather than being converted automatically to the current working space. Remember that when an image is

Tick the “Advanced Mode” option at the top left of the Color Settings window.

Under “Conversion Options” select “Adobe(ACE)” as the Engine and “Relative Colormetric” as the “Intent”.

Ensure that “Black Point Compensation” is not ticked. Do not select any of the Advanced controls.

You can save these settings in case they need to be changed for some reason in the future. If you name the settings as “Lyson” then

they will be easily identiable later.

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Proles” to see why. However your images may well be carrying an sRGB tag, causing Photoshop to ask for your advice. Also, now

that Photoshop is recognising embedded proles you may be nding that les from your digital camera or scanner are carrying these

tags. The simplest approach under these circumstances is simply to convert the colours into your current working space.

This is an example of the typical message that may appear. sRGB is the embedded

prole. RGB color is the standard term Photoshop 5 gives for the current RGB work-

ing space. Select “Relative Colormetric” as the rendering intent. Ensure Black Point

Compensation is not ticked.

Click “Convert”

Advanced users may wish to retain embedded proles so that nal edits can be made to an image without altering any colour data.

In these cases selecting the embedded prole instead of the working space (the top option in Photoshop 6/7/CS) will open the le

without changing the colours. This may often happen in print facilities where images require typographic changes or image editing

prior to a print run.

“Will this be required for every image I open?”

No. Once an image is saved under your new RGB working space then it will re-open straight way without any further messages.