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ICC profiles in Corel Draw/Photopaint/Paintshop Pro?

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Posted by Todd Caudle on February 4, 2008 at 12:33 PM
I have a friend who doesn't own Photoshop, which is the program through which I (and presumably most of us here) use for printing images. He uses Corel Draw and Photopaint, and also Paintshop Pro. Is there a way to select the paper-specific ICC profile? He's downloaded profiles from the Ilford site, and unlike PS, where I can disable color management in the printer software, and handle color management in the PS print dialog box (color handling = Photoshop, printer profile = whatever ICC profile I select, rendering intent = relative colorimetric), I can't seem to find that capability in Corel or Paintshop Pro. Is it possible with either of these programs?
Posted by Doug Andrews on February 4, 2008 at 8:57 PM
I have Paint Shop Pro 9 and the ability to select paper specific ICC profiles is not available. You can handle Color Management through the File-Preferences drop down menu, however it is somewhat limited. I have no idea if more recent versions of PSP allow this specifi ability or not. :frown:
Posted by Harold Ankney on February 5, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I think this free program will help your friend use ICC profiles. Thanks to John Mumaw for posting this on another forum. http://www.drycreekphoto.com/tools/profile_converter/

Harold
Posted by John Mumaw on February 5, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Fancy seeing you here, Harold! I had forgotten about this one. Thanks!
Posted by Mark Wilson on February 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Paint Shop Pro X has some support for ICC profiles, although it seems pretty basic compared to PS.

If you go to File->Color Management->Color Management you can select the profile you want. As far as I can make out, the basic mode seems to 'average' the display, so you might get a 'reasonable' match when you print and the proofing mode is like hitting CTRL+Y (View->Proof Colors) in Photoshop.