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Using color tables
You can use color tables to apply limited color management strategies in your workflow. The Color Tables option manages only CMYK display and RGB conversion.
The prebuilt color tables that ship with FreeHand are based on a set of default device profiles that will provide acceptable results with most output devices.
When you use the Color Tables option, you can choose whether to manage spot colors electronically, and you can choose how your monitor will simulate the color space of the final output device.
If you have the Kodak Digital Science or Apple ColorSync CMS installed on your system, you can choose to rebuild the default color tables. You can also choose a device profile for your monitor or separations printer.
Note: You cannot apply a profile to an RGB or bitmap image when the Color Management option is set to Color Tables, Adjust Display Colors, or None in Colors Preferences.
To use color tables:
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Choose Edit > Preferences and click Colors. |
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Under Color Management, choose Color Tables from the Type pop-up menu. |
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Choose whether to manage spot colors electronically: |
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Select Color Manage Spot Colors to use the color management system to adjust spot colors for different devices in the workflow. |
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Deselect Color Manage Spot Colors to turn off color management for the screen display of spot colors and adjust spot colors manually. Use the appropriate swatch book (for example, PANTONE) to check spot colors for color accuracy. |
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For Monitor Simulates, choose how to set your monitor to simulate the color gamut displayed by the final output device: |
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Choose None to display RGB colors according to the monitor profile and CMYK colors as RGB according to the printer profile. This option leaves the monitor display and printer profiles unchanged. |
For example, an artist designing graphics for onscreen display might choose None for Monitor Simulates in order to create a brighter RGB display. |
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Choose Separations Printer to simulate the appearance of printed color separations, in which each color is printed to a separate plate. |
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Click OK. |
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To rebuild color tables or choose monitor or separations printer profiles:
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In the Colors Preferences dialog box, under Color Management, choose Kodak Digital Science or Apple ColorSync from the Type pop-up menu. |
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Select Rebuild Color Tables for FreeHand to automatically rebuild the default color tables according to the Color Management System you selected in step 1. |
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Click Setup. |
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In the Color Management Setup dialog box, for Monitor choose an ICC-compatible monitor profile to be used for managing color on your monitor. |
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For Separations Printer, choose a printer profile to be used for printing color separations. |
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Click OK to close the Color Management Setup dialog box. |
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In the Colors Preferences dialog box, under Color Management, choose Color Tables from the Type pop-up menu. |
Note: The monitor and separations printer profiles you selected in steps 4 and 5 do not appear under the Color Management options for Color Tables. However, FreeHand will use the profiles you selected in performing color adjustments. |
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Click OK to close the Colors Preferences dialog box. |
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