Preview of color profile

Color profiles are used to avoid color changes when working on images in different environments. This is especially useful when sharing data in other environments or when working on color images with multiple people.

In Clip Studio Paint, you can select a color profile to preview it on the canvas and palettes, or embed a color profile when exporting a file.

Set color profile   

You can set up a color profile preview when creating a new canvas. For details on these settings, please refer to the section on the New dialog for each project type in "Creating a New Canvas".

You can change the preview color profile after the canvas has been created in the following dialogs: "Canvas Properties", "Change page settings (EX only)", "Change project settings (EX only)", "Preview a color profile".

Color profile preview

Select the View menu > Color profile > Preview Settings to open the Preview of color profile dialog box. In this dialog box, you can select the color profile for using a color profile preview. Tap OK to show the color profile preview on the canvas.

The color profile you set here will be reflected when using Export (Single Layer).

(1)Embedded profile

The RGB color profile embedded in the canvas (.clip file) will be shown here. You can set the color profile in the New dialog, the Canvas Properties dialog, and other similar menus.

(2)Working profile

You can choose the color profile to be applied when using a color profile preview or when exporting in general-purpose image formats. When an RGB color profile is selected, the embedded profile will also be changed to the selected color profile. When a CMYK color profile is selected, the preview will be displayed using the CMYK color profile, but the embedded profile will not change.

(3)Rendering Intent

You can choose from Perceptual, Saturation, Relative Colorimetric, or Absolute Colorimetric to set as the rendering intent for the color management system.

Perceptual preserves the visual relationship between colors so that colors are perceived as natural even when color values are changed.Saturation compares the maximum highlight in the source color space with the maximum highlight in the destination color space, and shifts the difference.Relative Colorimetric tries to reproduce vivid colors, even at the expense of color accuracy.Absolute Colorimetric does not change colors that fall within the destination gamut, but changes out-of-gamut colors.

(4)Library to use (Windows)

Select whether to use the IccLibrary or Microsoft ICM as your color library.

(5)Tonal correction

When you select CMYK for Working profile, the colors on the canvas may change. Turn Tonal Correction on to get colors closer to what you want before changing the color profile.

Correct colors by using Tone Curve and Level Correction. The settings screen will change based on what you have selected. Select the CMYK channel and set the color. You can set it the same way as going through the Edit menu > Tonal Correction.

(5)Range in application of settings

Select where the settings configured in this Preview color profile dialog box are applied.

If you select Save on canvas, the settings configured in the Preview color profile dialog box will be saved when saving the file. Turn Embed ICC profile on in the Settings dialog box to have the color profile embedded when you export with File menu > Export (Single Layer). CMYK is compatible for the following formats: TIFF, JPEG, Adobe Photoshop Document (extension: psd) and Adobe Photoshop Big Document (extension: psb).

Select Configure only in this window to have the settings only display in this window. This will only apply the changes temporarily, and they will not be saved or exported.

Preview a color profile

To switch to a preview of your color profile, go to the View menu > Color profile > Preview.

The color profile preview is applied to the canvas as well as color selection palettes, such as the Color Wheel and Color Set palettes.

If you have not yet adjusted color profile settings, the Preview color profile dialog box will open. Change the settings to have the color profile reflected on the canvas as a preview.