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If you want to use color management in Corel Painter, you can start by specifying the default RGB color profile that you want to assign to all new documents. When you create images in another application, such as Adobe Photoshop, you should use the same default color profile that you will use when opening the file in Corel Painter. In addition, you should always embed the color profile when saving a document in Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop, so that the document retains the color information.
Corel Painter also lets you choose the default CMYK profile for converting CMYK images to RGB.
To ensure that all new documents use the same RGB color profile, you can change the default color profile for Corel Painter. The factory default color profile for Corel Painter is sRGB, which is the default color profile for many monitors, digital cameras, and even some printers.
| To change the default RGB color profile | |
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Choose Canvas  Color Management Settings.
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Choose a color profile from the Default RGB Profile list box.
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You can also access the Color Management Settings dialog box from the
Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button  , clicking
Color Management, and choosing Color Management Settings.
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You can embed a color profile in a file. When you embed a color profile, the assigned color profile is embedded. However, if you did not assign a color profile to the file, the default color profile is embedded. The following file formats support color profile embedding:
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RIFF (RIF)
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TIFF (TIF)
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Photoshop (PSD)
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JPEG
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Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
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| To embed a color profile when saving a file | |
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Choose File Save As.
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In the Save As dialog box, use the controls to specify a location and filename.
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From the Format list box (Mac) or the Save As Type list box (Windows), choose one
of the following file formats:
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RIFF Files (*.RIF; *.RIFF)
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TIF Files (*.TIF; *.TIFF)
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Photoshop Files (*.PSD)
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JPEG Files (*.JPG; *.JPEG)
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PNG Files (*.PNG)
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Enable the Embed Profile check box.
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If you do not want to embed the color profile, you need to disable the Embed
Profile check box.
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Because Corel Painter works with RGB colors, all CMYK images that you open or import in the application are converted to an RGB color profile. You can specify the default CMYK profile that Corel Painter uses to convert the CMYK images to RGB. The following file formats are supported for CMYK images:
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RIFF (RIF)
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TIFF (TIF)
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Photoshop (PSD)
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JPEG
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Portable Network Graphic (PNG)
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| To specify the default CMYK color profile for converting CMYK images to RGB | |
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Choose Canvas Color Management Settings.
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Choose a color profile from the Default CMYK Conversion Profile list box.
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You can also access the Color Management Settings dialog box from the
Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button , clicking
Color Management, and choosing Color Management Settings.
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