The basics

364 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
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entry level scanners don’t seem to have color profi le options, but this situation is changing.
Many more budget models are ‘profi le aware’ so make sure you search the preferences part of
your scanner driver carefully to ensure that all color management options are turned on.
Step 1 >> The color settings, for
cameras with this option, can usually
be found in the Set Up or Preferences
menu.
Step 1 >> Look for the area of your
scanner driver that contains the settings
for attaching profiles to your scans.
Monitors and screens
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Step 2 >> For example, Nikon D100
users can access these settings via
the Color Mode option located in the
Shooting Menu.
Step 2 >> Once in the settings or
preference area locate the Color
Settings defaults.
Step 3 >> In this menu Nikon
provides three options for attached
color spaces.
Step 3 >> Activate the scanner’s
Color Management features and
then select the profi le to attach.
Now let’s turn our attention to our screen or monitor. Most manufacturers these days supply
a general ICC profi le for their monitors that installs with the driver software when you fi rst set
up your screen. The default profi le is generally the sRGB color space. If you want to check what
profi le is set for your monitor then Windows users will need to view the options in the Advanced
settings of the Display control panel. If you are working on a Mac computer using OSX then you
will fi nd a similar group of settings in the Color section of the Display control panel which is
located in the System Preferences.
At this stage, simply ensure that there is a profi le allocated for your screen. In the following
techniques I will show you how to create specifi c profi les for your screen using either the
monitor calibration utility that comes with Elements, Adobe Gamma, or using a hardware tool
called a Spyder.