oXYgen takes full advantage of the operating system’s color management mechanisms. As a result, the way images are displayed in oXYgen is equivalent to the printed output. Therefore, it is important that the way the image appears when you use PHOTOSHOP software is the same as it appears in oXYgen.

PHOTOSHOP 5.0 handles RGB images and CMYK images differently.

For more information about ICC color management, see the Web-based training module EVERSMART ICC Workflows.

Setting Color Management Policies

Color management policies are set in the Profile Setup dialog box.

To set the policies:

1. Select File>Color Settings>Profile Setup to open the Profile Setup dialog box.
   
   

2. In the Assumed Profiles section, select Ask When Opening in the RGB and the CMYK lists. With this option selected, you are informed of the profile that was embedded during scanning and of any mismatch between the embedded profile and a selected profile in Photoshop 5.0.

RGB Images

PHOTOSHOP 5.0 supports only RGB color spaces. Therefore, when you want to work with scanned images in Photoshop 5.0, scan the images to a known color space. In cases in which the image has a destination other than PHOTOSHOP 5.0, but you still want to open the image in PHOTOSHOP 5.0 without the colors being altered, you should use the procedures outlined in this section.

Initial Setup

The initial setup is the general setup of the RGB color space.

To set up the RGB color space:

1. Select File>Color Settings>RGB Setup.
   The RGB Setup dialog box opens.
   
   

2. Select an RGB working space.
   

   Note: If you do not have a recommended color space, you should select Adobe RGB.

3. Select the Display Using Monitor Compensation check box so that PHOTOSHOP 5.0 displays images using the active monitor profile.

Opening an RGB File

The method for opening an RGB file depends upon the type of profile embedded in the scanned image file.

Embedded Scanner RGB profile
When PHOTOSHOP software opens a scanner RGB file the embedded profile is discarded. To maintain accurate representation of the original colors, you must enable PHOTOSHOP 5.0 to convert the image to the PHOTOSHOP 5.0 RGB working space (as defined in the initial setup) or to Lab.

To retain original colors:

• In the Input Conversion dialog box, select:
  a. To: RGB Color to go to RGB Color Space
  b. To: Lab to go to Lab space.

Note: When an image file is converted to an RGB working space, some saturated colors may be clipped by PHOTOSHOP 5.0.

Embedded RGB color space profile

• If the embedded profile is the current PHOTOSHOP 5.0 RGB working space, select Don't Convert in the Input Conversion dialog box.
• If the embedded profile is not the current PHOTOSHOP 5.0 RGB working space, select Convert.

Printed RGB color space profile

• In the Input Conversion dialog box, select Don't Convert.

CMYK Images

Initial Setup

The initial setup is the general setup of the CMYK color space.

To set up the CMYK color space:

1. Select File>Color Settings>CMYK Setup.
   
   

2. Select the following options in the CMYK Setup dialog box:

• CMYK Model: ICC
• Profile: the same profile that you used when scanning
• Engine: Apple ColorSync

Note: Do not select the Black Point Compensation check box.

Opening a CMYK File

• If the embedded CMYK profile is the same as the current PHOTOSHOP software CMYK profile, Photoshop 5.0 opens the file automatically.
• If the embedded profile is different than the current PHOTOSHOP software CMYK profile, the Embedded Profile Mismatch dialog box appears. Select the option that best suits your requirements or change the profile in the CMYK Setup dialog box.