COLOR MANAGEMENT
It is your full responsibility to ensure that the colors used in your file(s) are what you would like to be printed so it is necessary that you review your edited images with our printer profile and calibrated monitor to verify approximate desired color accuracy and consistency.
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MONITORS RECOMMENDATIONS
CALIBRATION DEVICES AND RECOMMENDATIONSTo accurately adjust your monitor, a hardware monitor calibration device is necessary. These devices are available for purchase from most professional photography and computer software retailers.
COLOR PROFILE
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To ensure that the colors you see on your monitor will closely match your printed book, it is essential to have the appropriate printer profile and a properly calibrated monitor.
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Download Printer Profile
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Install color profile:
Windows:
Right-click the profile and select Install Profile.
Alternatively, copy the profiles into the WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (for Windows XP) or the WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (for Windows 2000)
Mac:
Copy the profile into the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended folder.
Alternatively, copy profiles into the /Users/username/Library/ColorSync/Profiles folder.
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CALIBRATION JPEG
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It is important to calibrate your monitor frequently. You can do so by downloading the digital file that matches the image on our AsukaBook page samples. Then simply load the digital file into Photoshop®, use the proof preview method mentioned above, and you should see an approximation to what will be printed. This is a good indication of your monitor calibration.
If you received your sample pages before October 20, 2010 please use the following calibration JPEG...
If you received your sample pages after October 20, 2010, please use the following calibration JPEG...
If you do not have AsukaBook page samples, please contact Customer Care to to request them be mailed to you. |
SOFT PROOFING IN PHOTOSHOP®
Please follow the steps below to soft proof your layouts. You can save this setup so that each spread you design may be soft proofed using AsukaBook's color profile. Generally when proofing, it should be very close to your original image; there should be limited noticeable change when you turn the profile on. Having a properly profiled monitor is key to a good color match.
This process is for soft proofing your images on screen only. DO NOT SAVE YOUR FILES WITH THE SOFT PROOF SETTING APPLIED. In other words, when saving the files, simply keep them in sRGB or Adobe RGB color spaces.
- Open Photoshop and go to View > Proof Setup.
- Select Custom
- In the Proof Setup window, Choose “ask_fvo_a.icc” from the Profile menu.
- Choose “Perceptual” from the Intent menu.
- Turn “Use Black Point Compensation” on.
- Leave the other options off.
While turning the "Preview" option on and off, you may see slight color changes as your monitor is now simulating what our printing device is capable of reproducing. Generally, this change is very slight, and acceptable. If this is the case, you can proceed with sending your page layouts to AsukaBook without modification.
If the change is unacceptable, you can make color adjustments to your layouts, with the Preview still on, to compensate for what you are seeing on the screen.
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