User's Manual

ICC profiles

Importing ICC profiles

• Import an ICC profile (page 47)

• Use the ICC profile in any Esko application (page 47)

• Build process links and color strategies with ICC profiles (page 47)

Import an ICC profile

To import an ICC profile (.ICC or .ICM file) into the Color Kit database, proceed as follows:

1. Go to 'Icc Profiles'.

2. Go to the 'File' menu and choose 'Register'.

3. Browse to the directory in which the profile is located, select the profile(s) and click 'OK'.

; Note

ICC profiles are not converted to Esko profiles.

Build process links and color strategies with ICC profiles

ICC profiles can also be used to build device links and color strategies. Note that using device links

and color strategies will generate a more accurate result than just using the profiles.

Viewing ICC profiles

You can use Color Kit to view the conversion tables stored inside an ICC profile’s, by opening an ICC

profile and then selecting 'Show Measurements' from the File menu. This function is very similar to

verifying a measured Esko profile, except that for an Esko profile you can see the actual

measurements, while for an ICC profile the conversion table generated from the measurement data is

shown.

Imported as well as Esko-generated ICC profiles can be viewed. Both the A2B and B2A Absolute

Colorimetric tags can be viewed, for profiles with up to 7 inks. For the B2A tag, you can view both the

input Lab and the Lab after gamut mapping.