Apple Mac OS X Panther Specifications download pdf (Page 4)

The ColorSync Foundation

Every device, from scanners to displays to printers, has unique color capabilities.

Successful color management involves translating color accurately from one device

to another across your workflow.

Good color management starts with a color profile—a description of your device’s

color characteristics. You need two pieces of information: the color characteristics of the

source of your image (its input or source profile) and how the image will be reproduced

(its output or destination profile).

ColorSync, Apple’s implementation of the ICC color standard, uses your color profiles and

a color management module (CMM) to match color from input to final output, adjusting

for the color characteristics and any limitations of each device in the workflow.

You can use default color profiles for your devices, generated at the factory. Mac OS X

Panther automatically assigns these to your devices when you plug them in. Or you or

a consultant can create custom color profiles tailored to your specific devices.

Once you have color profiles for the devices in your workflow, simply install them in

/Library/ColorSync/Profiles on your Macintosh so that the profiles can be read and

used by all of the applications in your digital workflow. (For more information on storing

profiles, see the sidebar on page 5.)

With good profiles and consistent devices, you can produce excellent color, consistently.

A Technology Tour

Color Management

with Mac OS X Panther

Choosing a default CMM

The Preferences pane of ColorSync Utility

lets you specify the CMM, or color calculation

engine, that ColorSync uses to match colors.

Apple recommends changing this setting

to Apple CMM to ensure consistent results

throughout the workflow.

Digital Camera

Drum Scanner

Display

Soft Proofing

Four-Color Process

Commercial Press

The Web

Scanner

ColorSync Workflow

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