Colour Management and Adobe Photoshop CS

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Colour Management and Adobe Photoshop CS
. Ian Lyons
Though Photoshop CS (AKA Photoshop 8.0) contains many enhancements and new features
we find that the overall appearance remains virtually unchanged from earlier versions.
Likewise the colour management system and settings will be familiar to those who previously
used Photoshop 6 or 7. All of this is good news for those migrating from earlier versions but
colour management and particularly the plethora of options associated with it can leave many
new users in a state of confusion. This essay is primarily intended to help new Photoshop
users and will explain how the colour management system within Photoshop CS should be
configured. That said and before getting into the specifics I think it worth taking a few
moments reviewing the underlying principles of colour management.
Colour Management Primer
Ever since the beginning of colour reproduction, colour management has existed in one form
or another. The basic concept underlying colour management is to ensure that colour data is
processed in a consistent and predictable way throughout the entire imaging workflow. A
typical Imaging System will consist a wide range of Input and…