
Color management
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Relative Colorimetric
Relative Colorimetric is the default rendering intent utilized
in the Photoshop color settings. Relative Colorimetric
rendering maps the colors that are out of gamut in the
source color space (relative to the target space) to the
nearest ‘in-gamut’ equivalent in the target space. When
doing an RGB to CMYK conversion, an out-of-gamut blue
will be rendered the same CMYK value as a ‘just-in-gamut’
blue and out-of-gamut RGB colors are therefore clipped
(see the example over the page in Figure 43). This can be
a problem when attempting to convert the more extreme
out-of-gamut RGB colors to CMYK color, but if you are
using View ➯ Proof Setup ➯ Custom (Figure 42) to call up
the Customize Proof Condition dialog, you can check to see
if this potential gamut clipping will cause the loss of any
important image detail when converting to CMYK with a
Relative Colorimetric conversion.
Absolute Colorimetric
Absolute Colorimetric maps in-gamut colors exactly from
one space to another with no adjustment made to the white
and black points. This rendering intent can be used when
you convert specific ‘signature colors’ and need to preserve
the exact hue, saturation and brightness (such as the colors
in a commercial logo design). This rendering intent is
seemingly more relevant to the working needs of designers
than photographers. However, you can use the Absolute
Colorimetric rendering intent as a means of simulating a
target CMYK output on a proofing device. Let’s say you
make a conversion from RGB to CMYK using either the
Relative Colorimetric or Perceptual CMM and the target
CMYK output is a newspaper color supplement printed
on uncoated paper. If you use the Absolute Colorimetric
rendering intent to convert these ‘targeted’ CMYK colors
to the color space of the proofing device, the proof printer
can reproduce a simulation of what the printed output on
that stock will look like. Note that when you select the
Proof option in the Photoshop print dialog, the Absolute
Colorimetric rendering is applied automatically to produce
a simulated proof print.
Figure 42
You can also change the rendering
intent in the Custom Proof dialog. This allows
you to preview a simulated conversion without
actually converting the RGB data.
Figure 41
The default rendering intent setting
can be overridden when using the Convert to
Prole command.
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