PS and custom ICC profile

[shafiq]

I calibrated my monitor and saved its profile to a file called myprofile.icc

Now I loaded the same profile in CaptureOne-LE and everything seems to be fine.

However, when I try and load up the same profile in PS under Color Settings-->CMYK-->Load CMYK-->myprofile.icc I get the following message:

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Color Settings
Could not load the CMYK working space because the profile is not a valid CMYK working space profile.
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Why am I getting this error.

The way the setup is currently, the pictures appear lighter in PS than they appear in C1. Hence my understanding that I need to load the same color profile into PS...am I correct in my thinking?

I just noted another interesting thing when I tried to load C1. It came up with the following message:

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C1 is currently setup to use a Montor Profile which is different then the system monitor profile. For other than special purposes, it is recommended to se the System Monitor Profile.

Do you wish to make the C1 use the System Profile Now?
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Now I am confused. I thought the idea is to create your own profile and use it??

Thx in advance
Shafiq

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Shafiq,

This is for PC, don't know Mac procedure: Once you have calibrated your specify it as the default profile in

Display Properties>Settings>Advanced>Color Management.

Photoshop will pick this up and use it automatically when displaying images. You do not need to specify anything else in PS and you should not try to use the monitor profile as a working space.

I _think_ C1 will pick up the sytem profile automatically, but if not you can set it manually.

Regards,

[shafiq]

Roger_Cavanagh wrote:
Shafiq,

This is for PC, don't know Mac procedure: Once you have calibrated your specify it as the default profile in

Display Properties>Settings>Advanced>Color Management.

Photoshop will pick this up and use it automatically when displaying images. You do not need to specify anything else in PS and you should not try to use the monitor profile as a working space.

I _think_ C1 will pick up the sytem profile automatically, but if not you can set it manually.

Regards,

You are absolutely right. I tried setting the System Display properties first and surely the PS picked up on this. However C1 had still to be manually set to my custom profile.

Thx for your recommendation.