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Color Management
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It is your full responsibility to ensure that the colors used in your file(s) are
what you would like to be printed so it is necessary that you review your edited
images with our printer profile and calibrated monitor to verify approximate desired
color accuracy and consistency.
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Monitors and Monitor Calibration
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Monitor Recommendations
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EIZO
Color Edge
Recommended for most accurate color reproduction.
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EIZO
FlexScan
Recommended as a more economical option.
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Calibration Devices and Recommendations
To accurately adjust your monitor, a hardware monitor calibration device is necessary.
These devices are available for purchase from most professional photography and
computer software retailers.
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Spyder3
Elite
We recommend the Spyder3 Elite for its advanced white point setting option.
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Eye-one
Display2
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Eizo EasyPix
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Color Profile and Soft Proofing
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To ensure that the colors you see on your monitor will closely match your printed
book, it is essential to have the appropriate printer profile and a properly calibrated
monitor.
- Download Printer Profile
HERE
- Install color profile:
Windows:
Right-click the profile and select Install Profile.
Alternatively, copy the profiles into the WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color folder
(for Windows XP) or the WINNT\system32\spool\drivers\color folder (for Windows 2000)
Mac:
Copy the profile into the /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended
folder.
Alternatively, copy profiles into the /Users/username/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
folder.
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It is important to calibrate your monitor frequently. You can do so by downloading
the digital file that matches the image on our AsukaBook page samples. Then simply
load the digital file into Photoshop®, use the proof preview method mentioned
above, and you should see an approximation to what will be printed. This is a good
indication of your monitor calibration.
If you received your sample pages before May 19, 2011, please download calibration
JPEG HERE.
If you received your sample pages after May 19, 2011, please download calibration
JPEG HERE.
If you do not have AsukaBook page samples, please contact
Customer Care to to request them be mailed to you.
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Soft Proofing in Photoshop®
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Please follow the steps below to soft proof your layouts. You can save this setup
so that each spread you design may be soft proofed using AsukaBook's color profile.
Generally when proofing, it should be very close to your original image; there should
be limited noticeable change when you turn the profile on. Having a properly profiled
monitor is key to a good color match.
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This process is for soft proofing your images on screen only. DO NOT SAVE YOUR
FILES WITH THE SOFT PROOF SETTING APPLIED. In other words, when saving
the files, simply keep them in sRGB or Adobe RGB color spaces.
- Open Photoshop® go to View > Proof Setup.
- Select Custom
- In the Proof Setup window, Choose “ask_fvo_a” from the Profile menu.
- Choose “Perceptual” from the Intent menu.
- Turn “Use Black Point Compensation” on.
- Leave the other options off.
While turning the "Preview" option on and off, you may see slight color changes
as your monitor is now simulating what our printing device is capable of reproducing.
Generally, this change is very slight, and acceptable. If this is the case, you
can proceed with sending your page layouts to AsukaBook without modification.
If the change is unacceptable, you can make color adjustments to your layouts,
with the Preview still on, to compensate for what you are seeing on
the screen.
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