Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Choose Edit > Creative Suite Color Settings and select North America Prepress 2, if
it is not already selected. Press the Apply button. The new color settings are applied
throughout the suite applications. Note that the setting you selected is a generic setting
created for a printing process that is typical in North America. If your selections are
not exactly the same, choose the setting that states it is a prepress setting.
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Click the Return to Adobe Photoshop boomerang icon ( ) at the top of Bridge.
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In Photoshop, choose Edit > Color Settings, even if you have already set them in
Adobe Bridge.
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If North America Prepress 2 is not selected in the Settings drop-down menu, choose it
now. Leave the Colors Settings dialog box open.
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While still in the Color Settings dialog box, press Ctrl+Y (Windows) or Command+Y
(Mac OS) to use the toggle shortcut for the CMYK preview. You can tell if you are
in the CMYK preview by looking at the title bar of the image window. Notice that
CMYK appears in parentheses at the end of the title.
The title bar indicates that this image is in the CMYK preview mode.
It is good to get this sneak peek into what your CMYK image will look like, but there
is still the issue of having many dif erent kinds of CMYK output devices. You might
have one printer that produces excellent results and another that can hardly hold a
color. In the next section, you will learn about the dif erent CMYK settings and how
they can af ect your image.
