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10 • SCANNING TO CMYK
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ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
10•Scanning to CMYK
Choosing a CMYK profile for CMYK output
Color separation is the process of transforming a full color image into discrete layers of a few
colors so it can be reproduced on a printing press or similar device with a limited number of
standard inks or pigments.
• Conventional separation technique involves four colors: cyan (light blue), magenta (pink),
yellow, and black, together referred to as “CMYK.”
• If you are scanning to CMYK, you must choose an appropriate CMYK Profile from the menu in
the Color Definition section of the Scan Setup
window or the Output Profiles section of the
Magic Touch window.
• The CMYK profile contains all the necessary information for the type of printing or proofing
with which the image will be output. Which CMYK profile to choose depends on the expected
output process, so you may have to discuss it with your printing company.
• The CMYK profile menu lists:
• Both types of tables can be used as is, or you can modify them to your own needs, using Color-
Quartet.
Embedding output profiles
You can embed ICC output profiles in your TIFF and JPEG scans so they can be read by third-
party programs such as Photoshop. On the Macintosh, this feature is available if you have ColorSync
2.6 or higher.
• Activate the Embed check box next to the profile name in the Color Definition section of the
Scan Setup window.
• At the time of writing, information about how to set up Photoshop to use this feature could be
found on Apple’s web site at:
http://www.apple.com/creative/ama/0102s/photoshop.html
Using ColorQuartet output profiles in other programs
On the Macintosh, you can make the ColorQuartet output profiles visible to third-party pro-
grams by copying them into the ColorSync Profiles folder in your System folder.
• Standard CMYK profiles (supplied with ColorQuartet) for most common
printing applications.
• CMYK profiles (ICC output profiles) that you import from other color man-
agement applications.