If you are using Adobe Photoshop Elements, always select “ALWAYS OPTIMIZE FOR PRINTING”. This will only happen after you have selected “let Photoshop Determine Colors”. Once you re-open Adobe Photoshop, you will be able to select the profile is the print preview screen. Selecting your Profile / Photoshop Advice: You need to ensure that after you’ve installed your profile you re-start photoshop (if already opened). This will reveal the hidden library file. Hold down the option key as you access the GO tab in the Finder menu. * Installing Profiles for OS X Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, Monteray and Ventura Users = Some of the colorsync profiles may be located in the hidden library file for your user account. Mac OS9 = MacHD – system – then drag and drop into the colorsync profiles folder. Mac OSX* = MacHD – Users – imac(home) – library – colour sync – then drag and drop into the profiles folder.
Windows 98 = my computer – c: – windows – system – then drag and drop into the color folder. Windows 2000 = my computer – c: – windows – system32 – spool – drivers – then drag and drop into the color folder Then Restart Photoshop. Or, to manually install = my computer – c: – windows – system32 – spool – drivers – then drag and drop into the color folder. Windows Vista / XP = Right-click on the profile you require on the CD and select “Install Profile” from the context menu. If this is not the case, you can install the profile into the correct folder as below: Microsoft Windows 10: Click start button – Control Panel – In the search box, type “color management” and then click Color Management – click the All Profiles tan tab, and then click Add – Locate and select the new color profile and then click Add – Click “Close” – you can then re-start photoshop and select your profile Windows 7/8 = Open computer – c: – windows – system32 – spool – drivers – then drag and drop into the color folder. The start/re-start your image application and select the profile. Finally, click print and inspect your results from using the correct ICC profile.For the majority of PCs, you can simply save your ICC Profile to you desktop, right click the profile and select “install profile”. Set the Rendering Intent to Perceptual and tick Black Point Compensation for the best results.ħ.
Click on the correct ICC profile to select it.Ħ.
Scroll through the long list of ICC profiles to locate the profile you’ve downloaded.ĥ. Move below Color Handling and click on the Printer Profile drop down list.Ĥ. Beside Color Handling make sure you select Photoshop Manages Colors and not Printer Manages Colorsģ. Selecting an ICC profile within Adobe PhotoshopĢ. If you have Photoshop open, close it and then reopen. Drag and drop the profile into the profile folderĥ. You’ll find library listed roughly half way down.Ĥ. To find it, open the Finder, hold down the ALT key and click on GO at the top. Top tip – If you’re running a Mac on the OS X Lion operating system you may have trouble locating the library folder. Navigate to: HD/ Your name/ Library/ ColorSync/ Profiles Drag and drop the profile onto your desktop.ģ. Profile Installation Instructions for Mac users.Ģ. To uninstall your profile either right click on the profile on theĭesktop and choose UNINSTALL or go to the profile as shown in 5 and delete it. My computer/ local disk C / windows / system32 / spool / drivers / colorĪnd there you are, this is where your profiles are.Ħ. So where has your profile been put? Navigate to Right-click on the saved file (which should show as an RGB triangle).Ĥ.Select the top option from the menu – Install Profile.ĥ. Save the profile to somewhere convenient – My Documents or Desktopģ. Visit the website of your paper manufacturer and locate the relevant ICC profile.Ģ. Profile Installation Instructions for PC users.ġ. Below you’ll find some tips on how to correctly install and use ICC profiles. Once you’ve downloaded an ICC profile it needs to be correctly installed on your computer before it’s ready to be used with imaging software such as Photoshop.