Working with color profiles

A color management system helps you achieve accurate colors across a variety of devices consistently. The first stage in setting up your color management system is to choose color profiles for your monitor and each of the devices you use, such as scanners, digital cameras, and printers.


Understanding color management

Each device uses a range of colors, called a color mode (or color space). For example, a monitor displays a different set of colors than a printer reproduces. So, you may see some colors on the screen that cannot be printed. You can use a color management system to translate colors from one device to another. Color profiles define the color mode for your monitor and for the input and output devices you use.

For more information about using color management in your application, see “Understanding the Color Management dialog box.”


Choosing color profiles

Different brands and models of monitors, scanners, digital cameras, and printers have different color modes and thus require different color profiles. Some widely used profiles are installed with your application.

Standard ICC (International Color Consortium) color profiles are used in your application. You can choose color profiles for the following:

 
monitor
 
scanner/digital camera
 
composite printer
 
separations printer
 
internal RGB color mode


Obtaining additional color profiles

If you need additional profiles or updates, you can access them on the application CD, or you can download them.


To choose a color profile

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Working with color profiles Color management.
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Click a profile name under one of the following icons:
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Choose a profile from the list box.

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By default, color profiles are stored in the Color folder of the application.

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You can access other color profiles. For more information, see “To copy a color profile from the disc” and “To download a color profile.”

To copy a color profile from the disc

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Working with color profiles Color management.
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Below a device icon, click a color profile list box, and choose Get profile from disk.
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Insert the application disc.
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In the Browse for folder dialog box, choose the folder where the profiles are located.
You may want to load color profiles that you have stored on a network or on your hard disk.
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In the Install from disk dialog box, choose the color profile you want to copy.
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Click Choose.

To download a color profile

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Working with color profiles Color management.
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Below a device icon, click a color profile list box, and choose Download profiles.
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In the dialog box, enable the check box for each profile you want to download.
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Click Download.
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In the Save as dialog box, choose a destination for the color profile.
If you want to store the new color profile with the existing profiles, download the new profile to the Color folder within the main application folder.

You can also
Choose a different profile type
Click the Profile type list box, and choose a type.
Specify your connection speed
Click the Connection speed list box, and choose a speed. The faster your connection speed, the shorter the download time.
Update the profiles list
Click Refresh.
Return to the main Color management dialog box
Click Cancel.

Working with color profiles