Setting the Color Management options

The ACDSee Pro color management options help reduce color matching problems between devices, such as your computer, your monitor, printers, and scanners. You can set the color management options to use specific color profiles for each of your devices.

Before changing the color management settings, make sure you have accurate color profiles for each of the devices that you plan to use. You can obtain color profiles from device manufacturers if the profiles were not included in the device's software, or from the professional printers.

Color management can be a complex process. If you are not familiar with color management systems, it is recommended that you accept the default color management settings in ACDSee Pro.

To set the Color Management options:

In Manage mode, click Tools | Options.
In the Options dialog box, click Color Management.
On the Color Management page, set or change any of the options as described below.
Click OK to accept your changes and return to ACDSee Pro.

Color Management options

Enable	Enable Color Management	Activates the color management system in ACDSee Pro and the fields in this dialog box.
	Apply to thumbnails and preview	Activates color management for thumbnails and preview images in Manage mode. If this option is not selected, thumbnails and previews have a different color space from the image.
	Default to sRGB	Click to change all Input and Output options to use the sRGB color space profile. The sRGB color space is the most common color space for monitors.
Input	Default Input Profile	Specifies the default color profile to use in ACDSee Pro. If selected, this profile is applied to all images.
Input	Show Profile Details	Displays the details for all color profiles currently stored on your computer. Scroll down to find the profile for a specific color space, such as sRGB.
Output	Basic color management	Select this option if you want to select different profiles for your monitor and printer. Select an appropriate profile from the Monitor Profile and Printer Profile options.
	Proof colors on your monitor and/or printer as they would look on another device	Select this option if you want your monitor and printer so simulate other devices for proofing. You can choose your printer profile to be the emulated device and then preview what the output from your printer would look like on your monitor (soft proofing). You can also set the emulated device to the profile of a third-party printer that you do not have available, so that you can proof the result on your own printer (hard proofing). Select an appropriate profile from the Monitor Profile, Printer Profile, and Emulated Device Profile.
	Monitor Profile	Specifies the color profile to use with your monitor.
	Printer Profile	Specifies the color profile to use with your printer.
	Emulated Device Profile	Specifies the color profile of the device you want your monitor or printer to emulate so that you can proof the image using the correct color profile.
	Rendering Intent	Specifies the rendering intent for output devices. The default value for basic output devices is Perceptual. If the selected color profiles have embedded rendering instructions, ACDSee Pro will use those rendering instructions rather than using what you selected from the Rendering Intent drop-down list. Some profiles ignore rendering intents, so outcomes may vary.