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If you want to embed a specific color profile and tag your images automatically,
AppleScript is another alternative. AppleScript is an English-like scripting language
used to write files that automate the actions of your computer and the applications
that run on it.
1. Navigate to /Library/Scripts/ColorSync.
2. Double-click the “Embed chosen profile” script.
3. Click OK.
4. Navigate to the image on your hard drive and select it.
5. Navigate to your preferred source profile and select it.
On the right is an untagged image that Quartz has matched to a display using a
generic profile. On the left is an image displayed with an appropriate custom profile.
Quartz and ColorSync can work much more accurately using custom profiles, allowing
you to work with more precise color.
Converting to a Working Space
Now that you or Image Capture have tagged captured images with an appropriate
generic or custom profile, you might need to convert your images to a working
space—an ICC profile not associated with a particular device. Using a working space
allows you to work with greater color accuracy. Because devices interpret color in a
nonuniform way, they can be unpredictable in how they translate your instructions
for changing color in an image. Working spaces allow you to work in a device-neutral
(uniform) environment that increases your control over color.
For editing color, it’s best to select a working space with a gamut that overreaches
or matches the gamut of the capture (input) device. If you do this, the color from
the original image will translate into the new space while maintaining as much of
the original color as possible. Two of the most popular working spaces are Adobe
RGB (1998), one of the best built-in spaces for print work, and sRGB, often used for
web work and work in Microsoft Windows.
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Color Management
with Mac OS X Panther
Embed chosen profile