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Forgive my ignorance, but I have several (probably basic) questions concerning color correction, calibration, etc. I’ve tried to find as much info on this topic as possible (including adobe help), but I still haven’t found the exact answer I’m looking for. Can anyone help with some or all of these questions?
1. Am I right to assume that 2 settings control how a monitor looks: hardware and software settings, where software settings are ICC profiles or drivers and hardware settings come from the physical buttons on the front of a monitor?
2. Do ICC profiles override or change hardware settings, or is what we see on screen a combination of both?
3. Can more than one ICC profile run at once? For example, one for the system and one for a specific program like Photoshop?
4. The monitor control panel in Windows allows you to apply icc profiles, if I create a profile in Adobe Gamma and select it in the Windows control panel, is that the same as placing gamma loader in the start menu? If gamma loader is in the start menu, and a different icc profile is set in control panels, which will load?
5. Are ICC profiles different from working spaces? how are they related? again, would a working space (profile) in a program nest inside of the icc profile set for the system? What if I had photoshop, illustrator and windows set to different profiles?
6. Can a printer’s output color be adjusted or is that more or less standardized depending on the printer?
7. Should scanners and printers be adjusted before or after the monitor?
8. Will postscript increase a printers ability to accurately produce colors?
9. Is there a difference between U.S. Coated (SWOP) and U.S. Coated (SWOP) v2?
10. Why do pantone colors look different in photoshop and illustrator? i notice this when importing an .ai or .eps file into photoshop eventhough both are set to U.S. prepress Default.
1. Am I right to assume that 2 settings control how a monitor looks: hardware and software settings, where software settings are ICC profiles or drivers and hardware settings come from the physical buttons on the front of a monitor?
2. Do ICC profiles override or change hardware settings, or is what we see on screen a combination of both?
3. Can more than one ICC profile run at once? For example, one for the system and one for a specific program like Photoshop?
4. The monitor control panel in Windows allows you to apply icc profiles, if I create a profile in Adobe Gamma and select it in the Windows control panel, is that the same as placing gamma loader in the start menu? If gamma loader is in the start menu, and a different icc profile is set in control panels, which will load?
5. Are ICC profiles different from working spaces? how are they related? again, would a working space (profile) in a program nest inside of the icc profile set for the system? What if I had photoshop, illustrator and windows set to different profiles?
6. Can a printer’s output color be adjusted or is that more or less standardized depending on the printer?
7. Should scanners and printers be adjusted before or after the monitor?
8. Will postscript increase a printers ability to accurately produce colors?
9. Is there a difference between U.S. Coated (SWOP) and U.S. Coated (SWOP) v2?
10. Why do pantone colors look different in photoshop and illustrator? i notice this when importing an .ai or .eps file into photoshop eventhough both are set to U.S. prepress Default.
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