Apple Mac OS X Panther Specifications download pdf (Page 13)

You can write a simple automation routine in AppleScript to convert the device

profile that Image Capture embeds in your images to your preferred working space.

Here is a sample script to get you started.

1. Open the Script Editor application (/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor).

2. Type the following in the script window:

on open these_items

tell application “ColorSyncScripting”

launch

set destination_profile to profile “Generic Gray Profile”

repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items

set this_item to item i of these_items

match this_item to destination destination_profile

end repeat

end tell

end open

3. Click the Compile button to make sure there are no typographical errors.

4. Replace the text “Generic Gray Profile” with your chosen working space profile—for

example,“Adobe RGB (1998)”. The name inside the quotes must be the internal name

(that is, the description tag) of the installed profile. You can use the “Show profile info”

script to get this information. The script will show the “desc” (description). Use this

name in your script.

5. Save the script as an application (uncheck all options) to your hard drive.

You can also add error handling, file type checking, rendering intent setting, and

other options to your AppleScript script. See the AppleScript website or the

ColorSyncScripting dictionary (using Script Editor) for more information.

You can now select the script as the Automatic Task in Image Capture:

1. If you haven’t already, install your working space profile in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles.

2. Connect your supported camera(s) and/or scanner(s).

3. Open the Image Capture application (/Applications/Image Capture).

4. Click the Automatic Task pop-up menu and select the script you saved earlier.

Now, when images are downloaded from your camera or scanned in, Image Capture

embeds the profile chosen earlier (see page 8), writes the file(s) to disk, and then

triggers the Automatic Task to convert the color in each image to your designated

working space. Automatically, when an image lands on your hard drive, it is already

in your preferred working space and you can begin editing right away.

Note that you can also use Adobe Photoshop to convert your camera or other source

profile to your preferred working space.

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