Although the predefined settings should provide sufficient color management for many publishing workflows, you may sometimes want to customize individual options in a configuration. For example, you might want to change the CMYK working space to a profile that matches the proofing system used by your printer or your service bureau.
It's important to save your custom configurations so that you can reuse and share them with other users and Adobe applications that use the same color management workflows. The color management settings that you customize in the Color Settings dialog box are contained in an associated preferences file called Color Settings.
Note: The default location of the Color Settings file varies by operating system; use your operating system's Find command to locate this file.
To customize color management settings:
- Do one of the following:
- In Windows and Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Color Settings.
- In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Color Settings.
- To use a preset color management configuration as the starting point for your customization, choose that configuration from the Settings menu.
- Specify the desired color settings (working spaces and policies). As you make adjustments, the Settings menu option changes to Custom by default.
- Save your custom configuration so that it can be reused. (See Saving and loading color management settings.)
For detailed customization instructions, see Specifying working spaces, Specifying color management policies, andCustomizing advanced color management settings.
