Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
To get a preset group of set tings that 's
better for photographers, from the
Settings pop-up menu, choose
North
America Prepress 2
. Don't let it throw
you that we're using prepress settings
here—they work great for color inkjet
printing because it uses the Adobe RGB
(1998) color space. It also sets up the
appropriate warning dialogs to help
you keep your color management plan
in action when opening photos from
outside sources or other cameras (more
on this on the next page).
Step Four:
If you're shooting in RAW exclusively,
or using Lightroom (Adobe's awesome
application for photographers), then
you'll want to change your color space
in Photoshop to
ProPhoto RGB
to get
the best prints from your RAW images
(plus, if you use Lightroom, you'll wind
up moving images back and forth be-
tween Lightroom and Photoshop from
time to time, and since Lightroom's na-
tive color space is ProPhoto RGB, you'll
want to keep everything consistent. While
you might use Lightroom for your JPEG
or TIFF images, there's really no advan-
tage to choosing ProPhoto RGB for them).
You change Photoshop's Color Space to
PhotoPro RGB in the Color Settings dia-
log (just choose it from the RGB menu, as
shown here). That way, when you open
a RAW photo in Photoshop (or import
a file from Lightroom), everything stays
in the same consistent color space and
if you wind up bringing an image from
Lightroom over to Photoshop, and end up
printing it in Photoshop (instead of jump-
ing back to Lightroom for printing), you'll
get better results.
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