Rendering Intents define how the selected
color profile is converted from one color space into another. When you
choose a rendering intent you are specifying how the colors should be
displayed, even at the expense of the original gamut (range of colors)
within the active document. The rendering intent you choose depends on
which colors are critical in an image and on your preference of what
the overall color appearance of an image should be. Many times the
intent of the image’s color gamut is different than how the original
image was shot.
Work with Rendering Intents
1. Open a document.
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2. Click the View menu, point to Proof Setup, and then click Custom.
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3. Click the Rendering Intent list arrow, and then select from the following options:
- Perceptual. Preserves the
natural colors of an image, as viewed by the human eye, sometimes at
the expense of the true color values. Good for photographic images.
- Saturation.
Produces vivid colors in an image, without paying attention to the
original color values of the image. Good for business graphics, and
charts where you want the colors to pop.
- Relative Colorimetric.
Shifts the color space of the document to that of the maximum highlight
values of the destination. Useful for photographic images, and
preserves more of the original color than Perceptual.
- Absolute Colorimetric.
Clips any colors in the destination image that do not fall into the
color gamut of the destination. Use to proof images sent to devices
such as 4-color presses.
 
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4. Click OK. |
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