Basic Image Retouching - Photoshop Elements 13: The Missing Manual - page 368

▪ Always Optimize for Printing . This option uses the Adobe RGB color space, which is
wider than sRGB, meaning it allows more color gradations. This is sometimes your best
choice for printing—but not always. Don't be afraid to try one of the other settings in-
stead. Many home inkjet printers actually cope better with sRGB or no color manage-
ment than with Adobe RGB.
▪ Allow Me to Choose . This option assumes that you're using the sRGB color space, but
lets you assign either an Adobe RGB tag, an sRGB tag, or no tag at all (color tags are ex-
plained in a moment). After you select this option, each time you open a file that isn't
sRGB, you see the dialog box shown in Figure 7-7 , which you can use to assign a differ-
ent profile to the photo. Just save the image once without a profile (turn off the Embed
Color Profile checkbox in the Save As dialog box), and then reopen it and choose the
profile you want from this dialog box. Or, the box on Converting Profiles in Elements
explains an easier way to convert a color profile if you need to make a change.
So what's your best option? Once again, if everything looks good, leave things alone. Other-
wise, for general use, you're probably best off starting with No Color Management and then
trying the other options if that doesn't work.
When you save the file, Elements attempts to embed it with a color tag , info about the file's
color space—either Adobe RGB or sRGB. (This kind of tag isn't related to the Organizer
tags you read about in Chapter 2 . ) If you don't want a color tag—also known as an ICC pro-
file (ICC stands for International Color Consortium)—in your file, just turn off the Embed
Color Profile checkbox before saving the file. Figure 7-8 shows where to find the profile in-
formation in the Save As dialog box, and how to turn the whole process off.