Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 67)

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3 Make sure your monitor is displaying thousands of colors or more. Ideally, make sure it is displaying millions of
colors or 24-bit or higher.
4 Remove colorful background patterns on your monitor desktop, and set your desktop to display neutral grays. Busy
patterns or bright colors surrounding a document interfere with accurate color perception.
5 For best results, calibrate and profile your monitor using third-party software and measuring devices. In general,
using a measuring device such as a colorimeter along with software can create more accurate profiles because an
instrument can measure the colors displayed on a monitor far more accurately than the human eye.
Otherwise, use the monitor calibration tools that come with Windows or Mac OS. To calibrate your monitor using
the utility in your operating system see one of the following:
• OS X Mavericks: Calibrate your display (Apple Support)
• OS X Mountain Lion: Calibrate your display (Apple Support)
• Calibrate your display in Windows 7 (Microsoft Support)
• Get the best display on your monitor (Microsoft Support)
Note: Monitor performance changes and declines over time; recalibrate and profile your monitor every month or so. If
you find it difficult or impossible to calibrate your monitor to a standard, it may be too old and faded.
Most profiling software automatically assigns the new profile as the default monitor profile. For instructions on how to
manually assign the monitor profile, see your operating system’s Help.
Install a color profile
Color profiles are often installed when a device is added to your system. The accuracy of these profiles (often called
generic profiles or canned profiles) varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. You can also obtain profiles from a
custom profile service, download profiles from the web, or create custom profiles using professional profiling
equipment.
1. To install a color profile, copy it to one of the following locations:
• Windows 7, 8: \Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color
• Mac OS: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles or /Users/[user name]/Library/ColorSync/Profiles
Tip : By default on Mac OS 10.7 (Lion), the user Library folder is hidden. If you don’t see it in the Finder, press Option
and click the Go menu. Then, choose Library. See Access hidden user library files | Mac OS 10.7 Lion .
2. Restart Lightroom.