Working with color management
If you are preparing professional quality digital images, you can enable or disable color management settings. Additionally, every RGB image in Corel PaintShop Pro has a profile associated with it. By default, these advanced color settings are enabled, allowing the application to make use of a consistent color working space. You can define advanced features for color working spaces and profiles. For example, you can set a CMYK profile that determines how CMYK images are processed when you split or combine CMYK channels, or when you output to a CMYK TIF file.
To set up profiles for color management
Edit workspace
1 Close any open images.
2 Choose File Color Management Color Management.
The Color Management dialog box appears.
Note: The recommended working space for Corel PaintShop Pro is sRGB.
If necessary, mark the Enable Color Management check box to access the controls in this group box.
3 Choose the Basic color management option to access controls for your monitor and printer.
4 In the Monitor Profile drop-list, choose the monitor profile you want to use.
If you’re using multiple monitors with your computer, the profile you choose only applies to the primary display.
5 In the Printer Profile drop-list, choose the printer profile you want to use.
If you’re using multiple printers with your computer, the profile you choose only applies to the primary printer.
6 In the Rendering Intent drop-list, choose the setting that matches your intended output.
This setting affects how the option you choose in the Printer Profile drop-list is used.
7 Click OK.
Only valid and correctly installed profiles appear in the profile lists.
If you have Administrator privileges for your computer, the profile you save becomes the active monitor profile. If you are a restricted user, you must contact your System Administrator to install the profile.
You can set your printer to simulate a printing press by choosing the Proofing option, choosing a device in the Emulated Device Profile drop-list, and choosing the appropriate option in the Rendering Intent drop-list.
To define a color working space and CMYK profile
Edit workspace
1 Close any open images.
2 Choose File Color Management Color Working Space.
The Color Working Space dialog box appears.
Note: The recommended working space for Corel PaintShop Pro is sRGB.
3 In the Color Working Space drop-list, choose a color space.
4 In the CMYK Profile drop-list, choose a profile to be used for the CMYK-related operations in the application.
The drop-list includes the default CMYK profile and any profiles that you have added.
5 Click OK.