Nikon 4 User Manual

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140Appendix AAppendix A Supported Color Profiles1. Standard RGB Profiles Supported in Nikon Capture 41.1 Profiles with a Gamma Value of 1.8Apple RGB: NKApple.icm (Windows)/Nikon Apple RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)This profile is used in desk-top publishing applications and in Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0or earlier, and is the typical RGB profile for Macintosh monitors. The corresponding RGBsetting in Adobe Photoshop is “Apple RGB.” This profile is suitable for working with imagesdisplayed on the Macintosh.ColorMatch RGB: MKCMatch.icm (Windows)/Nikon ColorMatch RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)The ColorMatch profile is native to Radius PressView monitors. It has a wider gamut thanApple RGB, with a particularly wide area devoted to the reproduction of blues. The corre -sponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop is “Color Match RGB.”1.2 Profiles with a Gamma Value of 2.2sRGB: NKsRGB.icm (Windows)/Nikon sRGB 4.0.0.3001 (Macintosh)This RGB profile is used in the majority of Windows monitors. It closely resembles the RGBcommonly used in color television, and is also used in the digital television broadcasting sys-tem that is on its way to becoming the industry standard in the United States of America.Software and hardware manufacturers use it as a default color profile and guarantee op-eration when it used. It is also on its way to becoming the standard for images on the web.This profile is suited to users who plan to use their digital images “as is,” without editing orprinting them. It however suffers from the drawback of a narrow gamut with a limited areaavailable for reproducing blues. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and5.5 is “sRGB,” the corresponding setting in Adobe Photoshop 6.0 “sRGB IWC61966-2.1.”Bruce RGB: NKBruce.icm (Windows)/Nikon Bruce RGB 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)This color profile attempts to expand on the ColorMatch RGB gamut by defining the chroma -ticity for G as lying between the values for G in the Adobe RGB and ColorMatch color-spaceprofiles. It was proposed by Bruce Fraser, who claims that it includes most of the colors in theSWOP CMYK gamut. The R and B used in the Bruce RGB and Adobe RGB color-space profilesmatch.NTSC (1953): NKNTSC.icm (Windows)/Nikon NTSC (1953) 4.0.0.3000 (Macintosh)This is the color space for video defined by the National Television Standards Committee (NTSC)in 1953 and used in early color televisions. This color space is also used in some Far-Eastnewspaper and printing organizations. The corresponding RGB setting in Adobe Photoshopis “NTSC (1953).”