Appendix: Color Management

Color management works to reproduce colors consistently across a range of output devices such as monitors, color printers, and offset presses. Adobe Creative Suite 5 components give you easy-to-use color management features that help you achieve good, consistent color without needing to become a color management expert. With color management enabled out of the box in CS5, you’ll be able to view colors consistently across applications and platforms while ensuring more accurate color from edit to proof to final print.

According to Adobe, “For most color-managed workflows, it is best to use a preset color setting that has been tested by Adobe Systems. Changing specific options is recommended only if you are knowledgeable ...

Get Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.