Photoshop 6 for Windows Bible- P27:If you are reading this foreword, it probably means that you’ve purchased a copy of Adobe Photoshop , and for that I and the rest of the Photoshop team at Adobe thank you. If you own a previous edition of the Photoshop Bible, you probably know what to expect. If not, then get ready for an interesting trip. | Chapter 16 Essential Color Management 753 If you re saving the profile from Photoshop 6 choose Edit Color Settings and then choose Save CMYK from the CMYK pop-up menu and give the file a name. Wait to click Save until the next step. 2. Save the ICM file to the Recommended folder. For Photoshop 6 to see the CMYK profile you have to save it to a specific folder. The path for that folder is C Program Files Common Files Adobe Color Profiles Recommended. This means you open the Program Files folder then the Common Files folder then Adobe then Color then Profiles and then Recommended. When you finally arrive inside the Recommended folder save the ICM file. 3. Quit Photoshop. Regardless of which version of Photoshop you re using quit it by choosing File Exit. 4. Launch Photoshop 6. By starting or restarting Photoshop 6 you force the program to load the ICM profile. 5. Confirm the profile has loaded. Choose Edit Color Settings and click the CMYK pop-up menu in the Working Spaces area. You should see the profile you saved in the menu. Tip Because the ICM file created in the previous steps resides in the Recommended . . folder it appears in the CMYK pop-up menu even when the Advanced Mode 1 check box is turned off. Any ICM files saved in the Profiles folder but outside the Recommended folder appear only when Advanced Mode is turned on. Mapping and Adjusting Colors What Is Color Mapping Color mapping is just a fancy name for shuffling colors around. For example to map Color A to Color B simply means to take all the A-colored pixels and convert them to B-colored pixels. Photoshop provides several commands that enable you to map entire ranges of colors based on their hues saturation levels and most frequently brightness values. Color effects and adjustments Why would you want to change colors around For one thing to achieve special effects. You know those psychedelic horror movies that show some guy s hair turning blue while his face turns purple and the palms of his hands glow
