Tutorials - Color Management for Photographers - page 346

and the correct profile (Epson 2200) would be assigned and embedded
into the document. Since Photoshop supports document-specific color,
the Epson 2200 profile is used for the preview. In fact, the preview is
now a soft proof of the output. For these reasons, it's ideal to use the
Convert to Profile command for all colorspace conversions. Addition-
ally, you can toggle different rendering intents, CMMs, and other options
in the Convert to Profile command, and the underlying image that's
affected will update its preview based on these options prior to document
conversion. Let's see this in action.
1. Have the Dog_in_Bowl.tif document open and active.
2. Choose Image-Mode-Convert to Profile in Photoshop CS or
Edit-Convert to Profile in CS2 as seen in Fig. 9-6-9.
From the Profile pop-up menu, select U.S. Web Coated
(SWOP) v2 .
From the Engine pop-up menu, select Adobe ACE .
From the Intent pop-up menu, select Relative Colorimetric .
Have Use Black Point Compensation and Use Dither check
boxes on.
Be sure the Preview check box is on.
Notice that the name of the Source Space is sRGB. By changing
the output profile from U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 to
another output profile that happens to be loaded on your
computer, you should see the preview of the
Dog_in_Bowl.tif document change. In addition, you'll notice
that changing the Rendering Intent pop-up menu or Black
Point Compensation check box settings will also affect the
preview. This allows us to pick the best possible settings on an
image-by-image basis, based on the preview we see. Now it's
possible to pick a relative colorimetric intent over a perceptual
Fig. 9-6-9 The Convert
to Profile command
should be set as seen here.