Synchronizing Color using Bride in Photoshop

CS3 contains enhanced color management settings that can make screen colors come as close as possible to what you’ll see in the final printed piece. When you are using Bridge, the color settings for all applications in the Creative Suite can be synchronized. The CS3 synchronized color settings are enabled by default. This means that all the applications in the suite are using the same color settings. You can change the color settings for all the suite applications at once by choosing Edit --> Creative Suite Color Settings and choosing a different option in the Suite Color Settings dialog box. Abrief description is listed next to each setting name in the dialog box. To choose a custom setting, such as one provided by a commercial printer, click Show Expanded List Of Color  etting Files. Bridge then displays all settings placed in the Settings folder on your system. The color setting that you choose applies specific working space profiles and color management policies for both RGB and CMYK color spaces. The idea here is to maintain color consistency on every device (print and display), through the use of color profiles.

In the Color Settings dialog box (accessible under the Edit menu for each Creative Suite application), you can access more information about a working space profile, color management policy, or conversion option (color engine and rendering intent), by hovering the cursor over a menu item and referring to the description at the bottom of the dialog box. When implementing color management into your workflow, I recommend keeping the suite applications synchronized at all times. However, situations may arise when you’ll need to unsynchronize color settings; say for example, to output a one-off job that requires different color settings than you would normally use with your current workflow. To unsynchronize, choose a different setting from the Color Settings dialog box in any of the suite applications. The application lets you know when the suite color settings are unsynchronized by displaying a warning at the top of the dialog box. To resynchronize CS3 color settings, open Bridge and choose Edit --> Creative Suite Color Settings. Select a color setting from the Suite Color Settings dialog box and click Apply.