Adobe 18030211 - Creative Suite 2 Standard User manual

Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
A Self-Help Guide

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Introduction
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When devices—such as a monitor, scanner and printer—receive the same color values, each device
produces a different color.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction
3 Chapter 1: Getting Started
5 Chapter 2: CMYK Commercial Print
Workflow
12 Chapter 3: Mixed RGB and CMYK Print
Workflow
22 Chapter 4: RGB Photo Print Workflow
27 Chapter 5: Internet Publishing RBG
Workflow
33 Chapter 6: Advanced Topics
39 Glossary

2Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
How does color management technology in Adobe Creative Suite 2
help?
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
New color features in Adobe Creative Suite 2

FE AT UR E WH AT IT M E AN S T O YO U
Updated Color Setting Files Color settings files (CSFs) control the behavior of an appli-
cation’s color management features. Adobe Creative Suite 2
comes with several preset CSFs—each based on a common
workflow, such as Web/Internet or Prepress—that users can
select from one central location in Adobe Bridge.
Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge serves as an easy-to-use, central location for
selecting CSFs and then sharing those settings across all
Adobe Creative Suite 2 components.
Preserving CMYK color numbers Safe CMYK mode preserves CMYK color numbers in your
workflow using a new Color Management Policy called
“Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked Profiles)”.
Improved spot color handling
Spot colors preview and proof consistently from Adobe
Illustrator CS2, Adobe InDesign CS2, and Adobe Photoshop
CS2. You also get better control over conversions from spot
colors to process colors.
Common color selection A common .ASE swatch book format lets you share colors
across Adobe Creative Suite 2 components.
Improved black viewing and
printing
You can choose how to view and print blacks in
Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2, as well as view and print
them more accurately.
Task-based print dialog boxes Simplified print dialog boxes make it easier to control color
management features whether printing a proof or a final
document.
Common interface for creating
PDF files
All Adobe Creative Suite 2 components have an easy-to-
use, common interface for generating Portable Document
Format (PDF) files and sharing PDF presets.

3Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Chapter 1: Getting Started




Which workflow is for you?



IF YOU ARE A… WO R KI N G I N
TH I S MA R KE T…
SE N DI N G TO T H E
FOLLOW ING DE V I CE
GO T O T HIS C H AP T ER
Prepress
professional
Traditional and
digital commercial
printing
Printing press
(for example, offset,
Flexo, or Gravure),
digital printing press
Chapter 2: CMYK Commercial
Print Workflow and Chap-
ter 6: Advanced Topics.
Users adding RGB to their
workflow should also see
Chapter 3.
Graphic designer Commercial printing,
publishing
Printing press
Chapter 2: CMYK Commercial
Print Workflow
Internet publishing,
web-based or com-
puter-based training
On-screen display Chapter 4: Internet Pub-
lishing (RGB) Workflow
Digital photo
professional
Photography Photo lab, RGB printer Chapter 4: RGB Photo
Printing Workflow
About Adobe Bridge











4Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
To select a CSF from Adobe Bridge:



In Adobe Bridge, you can select the CSF that matches your workflow.



5Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Chapter 2: CMYK Commercial
Print Workflow




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


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With Adobe Creative Suite 2, CMYK color values are preserved throughout the workflow to final press.
With the color appearance of CMYK fully defined, you’re able to view colors accurately on monitors
and proofers.




6Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Initial setup





Be sure you select North America General Purpose 2 as the CSF in Adobe Bridge.
This CSF sets U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 as the default CMYK working space and uses the CMYK
color management policy to preserve CMYK color numbers. Although you set the Color Settings file
in Adobe Bridge, this is how that setting appears in the InDesign CS2 Color Settings dialog box.

7Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Editing images in Photoshop CS2





To convert RGB images to CMYK for print:


Note:




 




 



 


Creating or placing graphics in Illustrator CS2







Saving artwork in Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2



To save your artwork with an embedded profile:




Note:

8Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Building an InDesign layout







Note:







Previewing for more accurate blacks





Note:

To preview blacks more accurately in Illustrator CS2 or InDesign CS2:



Note: 


In InDesign CS2, you can select how you want your blacks to appear on your monitor and when
printed to RGB composite printers.

9Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Previewing overprints accurately





Soft-proofing for more accurate viewing






To soft-proof your images in any application:

Use the Customize Proof Condition dialog box to soft-proof your documents on-screen before printing.


Note:




Note:





10Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Hard-proofing your InDesign document




Sending files and printed proofs to a print provider




To create a PDF file from InDesign CS2:


You can choose an Adobe PDF preset standard from the Export Adobe PDF dialog box.

11Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2

The PDF/X-1a format converts all data contained in the document to CMYK. This conversion does not
impact the workflow, since all content in the InDesign CS2 document is already CMYK.



Note: 



Note:



Package your InDesign CS2 document




12Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Chapter 3: Mixed RGB and CMYK
Print Workflow















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
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




In this RGB and CMYK mixed workflow, Adobe Creative Suite 2 components preserve your CMYK
color values and enable the use of RGB content, which is converted to CMYK when output to a PDF
or PostScript® file.



13Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Initial setup


Be sure you select North America Prepress 2 color setting in Adobe Bridge.
North America Prepress 2 sets Adobe RGB and U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 as your default RGB and
CMYK working spaces. Mismatched profile and missing profile warnings are turned on. Although you
set the Color Settings file in Adobe Bridge, this is how that setting appears in the InDesign CS2 Color
Settings dialog box.

14Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Collecting, capturing, and scanning images
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





Editing images in Photoshop CS2 (RGB or CMYK)
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




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







You can use the embedded profile if it is a standard working space and not a device color space.
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


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Note:



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


15Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
This embedded profile is a device scanner RGB profile and not a standard working space. Therefore,
you want to select Convert Document’s Colors to the Working Space.
Creating and placing graphics in Illustrator CS2 (RGB or CMYK)





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
 
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 
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 

Saving artwork in Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2



To save your artwork with an embedded profile:
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 
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Note:
Building an InDesign layout












16Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2



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




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 
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






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

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Using the safe CMYK mode, all CMYK content uses the document CMYK profile. RGB content uses the
document RGB profile except for placed RGB content with embedded profiles.





Previewing more accurate blacks (Illustrator CS2 and InDesign CS2)





Note:


To preview blacks more accurately in Illustrator CS2:



Note: 


17Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
In Illustrator CS2, you can select how blacks appear on your monitor and when printed to RGB
composite printers.
To preview blacks more accurately in InDesign CS2:


Note:

In InDesign CS2, you can select how you want your blacks to appear on your monitor and when
printed to RGB composite printers.
Previewing overprints accurately







18Color Workflows for Adobe Creative Suite 2
Soft-proofing for more accurate viewing








To customize the soft-proofing settings:

To soft-proof your documents on-screen before printing, choose the device you want to simulate and
choose the Rendering Intent.





Note:



Note: 




Hard-proofing InDesign CS2 documents


