Graphics Programs Reference
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Trim Guidelines
. The Print Crop Marks checkbox lets you print guidelines in the mar-
gins of the photo to make it easier to trim. These marks are useful mainly for trimming
bordered photos so that the borders are perfectly even.
When you've got the various settings how you want them, click Apply at the bottom of the
dialog box. When you do that, the Print window's image preview changes to show the op-
tions you selected, so if the More Options dialog box is in the way, move it over so you can
see the effect of your settings. If you don't like what you see, adjust the dialog box's settings
and click Apply again. When you're happy, click OK to close the dialog box and return to
the Print window.
Color Management
When you print from the Editor, you can find several advanced color-related settings if you
click the Print window's More Options button and then click Color Management on the left
side of the More Options dialog box. If you're content with the way your prints look without
adjusting these settings, just be happy and ignore them. But if you don't like the color you're
getting from Elements, then use these advanced controls to make adjustments.
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Color management is a dauntingly complicated subject. The advice in the following pages
should be enough to get you started, but if you want to learn more, a good place to start is
Real World Color Management
by Bruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, and Fred Bunting (Peach-
pit Press). It's geared toward Photoshop, but it's the standard reference on the subject, and
much of it applies to Elements.
You may remember from
Chapter 7
that Elements is a
color-managed
program, which means
it tries to coordinate the color settings used by various devices and programs: your image file
(which may retain color settings applied by your camera), your monitor, Elements, and your
printer. Sometimes you need to step in and help Elements decide which settings are best,
since different devices and programs can have different interpretations of what certain colors
look like.
Color management may sound intimidating, but you already did some when you chose a pa-
per type and print quality. Now your most important decision is whether you want Elements
or your printer to manage the photo's color settings. You can let Elements
and
your printer
