Color profiles

If you decide to change the color management settings for your image, use the Color Management dialog in Pixelmator.

Color Profile

Description

Universal The sRGB profile is assigned. This is recommended for print, display and sharing.
Advanced You can choose and assign any ColorSync RGB profile that is available on your Mac.

Please note that you should use these options only if you think that the currently assigned profile is not appropriate for your image, given that any color profile change could cause dramatic image color changes.

1. Choose Image > Color Management. 2. Select any of the available Color profile options.
  1. Choose Image > Color Management.
  2. Select any of the available Color profile options.

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SEE ALSO

About color management

Soft Proofing

1. Choose Image > Color Management. 2. Check the Convert pixels to option checkbox in the Color Management sheet. 3. Click OK.
  1. Choose Image > Color Management.
  2. Check the Convert pixels to option checkbox in the Color Management sheet.
  3. Click OK.
In the Color Managemet dialog click the Action menu and choose: * Assign Profile to use the color profile for an image. Pixelmator does not modify the image, it changes only the color profile for the image. * Match to Profile to change colors in an image to match the new color profile. Pixelamtor modifies the pixels in the image to match the new color profile and then assigns the new color profile to it.

In the Color Managemet dialog click the Action menu and choose:

  • Assign Profile to use the color profile for an image. Pixelmator does not modify the image, it changes only the color profile for the image.
  • Match to Profile to change colors in an image to match the new color profile. Pixelamtor modifies the pixels in the image to match the new color profile and then assigns the new color profile to it.