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Saving and loading custom color management settings
When you create a custom color management configuration, you should name and save
the configuration to ensure that it can be reused and shared with other users. You can
also load previously saved color management configurations into the Color Settings
dialog box.
To save a custom color management configuration:
1
In the Color Settings dialog box, click Save.
2
Name your color settings file, and click Save.
To ensure that Illustrator displays the saved configuration in the Settings menu of the
Color Settings dialog box, save the file in the Color Settings folder (the default location
when you first open the Save dialog box).
To load a color management configuration:
1
In the Color Settings dialog box, click Load.
2
Locate and select the desired color settings file, and click Open.
When you load a custom color settings file, it appears as the active choice in the Settings
menu of the Color Settings dialog box. If you choose a different option from the Settings
menu, you must reload the custom settings file in order to access it again.
Soft-proofing colors
In a traditional publishing workflow, you print a hard proof of your document to preview
how the document’s colors will look when reproduced on a specific output device. In a
color-managed workflow, you can use the precision of color profiles to soft-proof your
document directly on the monitor. You can display an onscreen preview of how your
document’s colors will look when reproduced on a particular output device.
Keep in mind that the reliability of the soft proof is highly dependent upon the quality of
your monitor, your monitor profile, and the ambient lighting conditions of your work
station. For information on creating a monitor profile, see
“Creating an ICC monitor
profile” on page 188
.
Note:
The soft-proofing commands are not available when the Emulate Adobe Illustrator
6.0 setting is chosen in the Color Settings dialog box.
To display a soft proof:
1
Choose View > Proof Setup, and choose the output display that you want to simulate:
•
Choose Custom to soft-proof colors as displayed on a specific output device. Then
follow the instructions outlined in the next procedure to set up the custom proof.
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Choose Macintosh RGB or Windows RGB to soft-proof colors using either a standard
Mac OS or Windows monitor as the proof profile space that you want to simulate.
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Choose Monitor RGB to soft-proof colors using your current monitor color space as the
proof profile space.
2
Choose View > Proof Colors to toggle the soft-proof display on and off. When soft
proofing is on, a checkmark appears next to the Proof Colors command.
