フォトグラファーのワークフローにおいて ICC プロファイルをどのように使用しますか？

Figure 1.: Different varieties of ColorChecker®: White Balancing and Gray Balancing ColorCheckers® are on the left, and 24 colors ColorCheckers® are on the left.

Figure 2.: How ColorChecker® Passport was used at the time of capturing.

Figure 3.: The ColorChecker® Passport software will automatically identify the color patches and use them to generate a DCP file.

Table 1.: Set of calibration targets suitable for most photography wor

1. Go to ‘Edit’ -> ‘Color Settings’ (as shown in Figure 4).

2. In the pop-up window, select your monitor ICC profile from the drop-down list in RGB Working Space (as shown in Figure 5).

3. Select ‘Convert to Working RGB’ under Color Management Policies (as shown in Figure 5).

Figure 4.: Access to ‘Color Settings’ in Photoshop.

Figure 5.: Change RGB under Working Spaces with your monitor ICC profile.

• Windows:

• C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color

• Mac OS:

• \Users\[User Name]\Library\ColorSync\Profiles 

where [User Name] is the your user login name

1. Obtain the printer ICC profile with correct paper and ink combination. It is essential to get right ICC profile for the paper and ink you are using. Printer ICC profile could be obtained from printer’s driver and manufacture’s website, ask your local photo lab or print shop to provide the profile, or generate printer ICC profiles from 3rd party profiling software. There are number of sources in the internet which could provide detail instructions for generating your own printer ICC profile, so we will not go into details here.

2. Copy the printer ICC profile to the ICC profile folder listed above.

3. Restart Photoshop if the application is in used before you done the copy operation.

4. Go to ‘View’ -> ‘Proof Setup’ ->  ‘Custom’ (as shown in Figure 6).

5. In the pop-up window, select your printer ICC profile in the drop-down box next to ‘Device to Simulate’ (as shown in Figure 7).

6. Select ‘Relative Colorimetric’ in ‘Rendering Intent’ drop-down box (as shown in Figure 7).

Figure 6.: Access to Custom Proof Setup in Photoshop.

Figure 7.: Select the printer ICC profile in the drop-down box next to Device to Simulate.

7. Now you will see your photo has changed its appearance. You can select and deselect the check mark next to ‘Preview’ to enable and disable the simulation function. Or you can also close the pop-up window by click on ‘OK’, and press ‘Control+Y’ (Command+Y for Mac users) to enable and disable the simulation. Figure 8 illustrates the ‘before’ and ‘after’ simulation effect in Photoshop.

8. If you would like to correct some colors under the simulation, you can simply go ahead to process the photos as usual, and you will see the effect on the print-out.

9. If you are satisified with processing, now the photo is ready for print. Before you send your photos to your photo lab or print shop, it is always a good practice to convert your photos to your monitor ICC profile and embed the profile with your photos. In this way, you local photo lab or print shop could see what the photos are like on your monitor.

Figure 8.: ‘Before Simulation’ (top of the figure) and ‘After Simulation’ (bottom of the figure).

1. Go to ‘Edit’ -> ‘Convert to Profile’ (as shown in Figure 9).

2. In the pop-up window, select ‘sRGB IEC61966-2.1’ in the drop-down box under ‘Destination Space’ (as shown in Figure 10).

3. Click on ‘OK’ to close the pop-up window.

4. Go to ‘File’ -> ‘Save As’. 

5. Click on ‘Embed Color Profile’ in the ‘Save As’ window (as shown in Figure 11). 

Figure 9.: Access to ‘Convert to Profile’ in Photoshop.

Figure 10.: Select ‘sRGB IEC61966-2.1’ in the drop-down box under ‘Destination Space’.

Figure 11.: Click on ‘Embed Color Profile’ to embed the sRGB color profile to the photos to be sent out.