Learn how to set an image to use the embedded profile in Adobe Photoshop, including opening the image, addressing the color settings profile mismatch, and understanding when to use the embedded profile.
This exercise is excerpted from Noble Desktop’s past Photoshop color managment training materials and is compatible with Photoshop updates through 2018. To learn current skills in Photoshop, check out our Photoshop Bootcamp and graphic design classes in NYC and live online.
Setting the Image to Use the Embedded Profile
- Go to File > Open.
From the Color Management Seminar Files folder, open penguin.psd.
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The following message will be displayed:
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Make sure Use the embedded profile is chosen and click OK.
Explanation: This image’s embedded profile is ColorMatch RGB. Like Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB is a good, device-independent workspace. Even though in this class we’ve chosen Adobe RGB as our workspace, it’s not worth converting from one to the other since loss can occur when converting between colorspaces. Because ColorMatch RGB is a perfectly good workspace, we should just use it for this image.
You are now ready to edit the image as needed, though we won’t be editing it now, so close the file.
