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Rendering Intent All printers, monitors and scanners have a gamut or range of
colors that they can output (or view in the case of a scanner).
If a color needs to be output and is outside the gamut of the
output device, it must be mapped or approximated to some
other color, which exists within the gamut. Rendering Intent
enables you to compress out-of-gamut colors into the color
capability of the press you are using. You can set any
rendering intent value for RGB elements by selecting the
required from the
Rendering intent options
list. The default value
for RGB is
Perceptual (photographic)
. The default value for
CMYK is
Relative Colorimetric.
There are several methods that can be used when translating
colors from one color space to another. These methods are
called Rendering Intents because they are optimized for
various uses. When working with ICC profiles, it is important
that you select the Rendering Intent that best preserves the
important aspects of the image. Each rendering method
specifies a CRD for color conversions. You can modify the
rendering method to control the appearance of images, such
as prints from office applications or RGB photographs from
Photoshop.
Resolution
The number of pixels, points or dots per unit of linear
measurement. For example, pixels per millimeter on a video
display, number of dots per inch or millimeter on film or paper.
The resolution of an image is usually set the same vertically
and horizontally. For example, a square millimeter with a
resolution of 12 contains 144 pixels. The higher the resolution,
the more image detail is recorded and the larger the digital file
size.
RGB
Abbreviation for the additive primaries Red, Green and Blue.
They are used in video monitors, scanning, and other uses
where the light is direct and not reflected. The component
colors are the three predominant colors in the visible light
spectrum detected by the human eye. Combining these 3
colors together creates white light.