Photoshop SDK: Specification for "Color Settings File" (CSF)?

Before I request the Photoshop SDK: Does it contain a specification for the "Color Settings File" (CSF) file format?

No. This information is not in the specification.
> Before I request the Photoshop SDK: Does it contain a specification for
> the "Color Settings File" (CSF) file format?

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Problem with my program looking for the settings file in the wrong folder

I have been writing a simple FTP file uploader, what I want to do is be able to select the files I want to upload in windows explorer and then right click and click the menu item and it launches the program and passes the files paths that I have selected to it.
So I use this in the windows registry "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\java.exe -jar D:\BenFTP\BenFTP.jar %1"
It launches fine and has no problem finding the files I want to upload. The problem is that it tries to look for the settings file in the same folder that the file I am try to upload is in. Which it's not suppose to do since the settings file is in the same folder that the .jar is in.
Edited by: ColNewman on Feb 5, 2008 6:55 PM

So, you're looking for your settings file in your current working directory. There's no way to set the CWD in your registry entry (is there?) so that isn't a practical thing to do. Presumably you're using a File object or a FileReader or something? Can't do that.
One alternative is to look for the settings file in the classpath. You can get a URL to a file in the classpath like this:URL settings = this.getClass().getResource("/settings.xml");Or you can get an InputStream to read the file by using the getResourceAsStream method. You would have to make sure that your executable jar file contained a Class-Path entry that specified the right directory, because the directory the jar is contained in isn't automatically in an executable jar's classpath.
Another alternative is to ask the user where the settings file is supposed to be, and put an entry in the Preferences (java.util.prefs) to remember that location.

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How do I permanently delete the default Save for Web settings that come with Photoshop CS5? (Default Settings.iros, Background Image.iros, etc)
In CS4 you deleted them once, and they were gone. In CS5, if you delete them, they are recreated when you restart PS. Same goes for any Optimized Settings (GIF 32 Dithered.irs, JPEG Low.irs, etc), they simply can't be permanently removed, and I'm left scrolling through a long menu of things I'll never use.
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>It's my observation that many of these files are auto-generated on the first run of Photoshop.
>It's possible the specific files you've referred-to are now simply auto-generated when they are found to be missing.
Yes, they are, how do I stop that?
I don't know that you can.
Ok, we have a way to save them, but not delete them, so what if I accidentally Save one I don't want? Or what if I Save one now, but later don't want it anymore. We're supposed to infer Adobe didn't intend us to ever Delete custom settings we Saved ourselves?!
I suppose there's an implication that you'll be given the defaults by Photoshop, but that anything you create yourself can be deleted by yourself. I admit it's not a very clear interface. For what it's worth, my own applications provide an explicit "Delete" capability, have defaults that don't manifest as actual files (and are always at the top of the list), and the app doesn't allow you to even try to delete the application-provided settings (Delete is grayed-out). I thought the whole settings thing through and tried to make sure it was more clear than parts of the Photoshop interface:
> Have you found some documentation from Adobe that states that you can effectively customize your installation by deleting these files?
Yes, in the FAQ: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/375776?tstart=0
Well, from what I can see that thread was written by someone other than an Adobe Employee, and it doesn't mention .iros files at all.
And what it seems to say is that you can reset your preferences to defaults (i.e., invoke auto-generation of a new prefs file) by deleting the old prefs file, which is what's happening for you.
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Photoshop plug-ins for photo CD files

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http://forums.adobe.com/message/4719683#4719683
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3137550#3137550
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3367278#3367278
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Fuctional Specification for Incoming HSBC fIle

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This isn't a recent CS5 issue but a CS5 issue from the day it was released...I just got aggreviated enough today with it to come here and see if I could find an answer. It's definitely a SaveForWeb issue and not SaveAs.
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Permanately Saving Color Settings and Profile in Photoshop CS2

Hello,
We have Photoshop CS2 for Windows and Photoshop CS2 for Mac. I have custom color setting .csf files and .icc profile we want to load in Photoshop permanently. If I use the load option in Photoshop it appears the color settings will load these settings temporarily. If I choose another color setting and go back to the custom settings, I will have to reload the settings again.
Is there a way to permanately have the color settings permanately appear in the list without having to load by using options in the Photoshop menu?
Now I know if I manually drop the .csf or .icc file in the below folders located in the below path, the settings will permanately appear i, but I don't know if there is an easier way using the menus within Photoshop to permanatly load these or do we have to manually install these files to get this done. Trying to give out directions on how to do this would like to know if there is an easier way.
On Windows:
in Windows, it's inside Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Color\Settings.
On MAC:
Library\Application Support\Adobe\Color\Settings folder;

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We are currently using G7 Workflow for our profile. I have a couple of questions concerning the color settings.
1.We are also not able to hold these settings even once we leave it as "Custom". It defaults back to U.S. Sheetfed Coated Profile.
2. When trying to set color setting with our profile, it says it is not supported by this version of Photoshop (CS6). It will set this to "Custom" instead of G7 Workflow. What can we do to fix this issue? Please see below for the screen captures.
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Conflict with color settings

Hello,
I'm using Creative Cloud and all my programs have synchronized colors. My problem is with InDesign. Colors do not look the same there. Everytime I go to color settings, the program shows this error:
"Some parameters in the color settings file could not be used. Default values will be used instead."
And InDesign changes color to default values. I can select my custom color space but I don't know if it is really working, because every time I go to Edit> color settings... I get the same error. I have to manually change my color settings every time I launch InDesing.
My custom color settings (initially set on Photoshop and synchronized using Bridge. I'm copying them from InDesign) are:
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CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (Swop) v2
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RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles
CMYK: Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked Profiles)
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Conversion Options:
Engine: Adobe (ACE)
Intent: Perceptual
("Use Black Point Compensation" is selected).
InDesing is the only program in the suite that can not synchronize with this settings.
I'm using Windows 7, 64 bit. All my Adobe programs are up to date. In design version is 8.0. This problem happens with any other custom workspace created, no matter what options are selected.
Thanks in advanced for any comments or help with this matter,
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Rob Day wrote:
Have you tried reinstalling InDesign? It sounds like something's wrong with your color profiles.
That's the only thing I haven´t tried, but I will and post about it.
I found a workaround though: If I set my desired color settings in InDesign, but don´t save them, then it works; I no longer get the error message if I go to Edit> Color Settings...
The color settings dialog box says that my Creative Cloud applications are unsynchronized, because I´m not using the .csf file previously synchronized using Bridge, but the settings are exactly the same and I can get around it. Colors actually work as they should.
So this seems to be a problem with InDesign accessing any saved color settings file. My color profiles aren´t wrong, because all other programs in the Suite use them with no trouble.
InDesign just wants to have it's own, non saved, color settings. How about that? Guess I got the selfish version .

Could not synchronize color settings because of a program error.

First, let me preface this by saying that I have several identical workstations that are all imaged from a single master.
On the master, I configured Bridge to synchronize color settings across my Creative Suite apps. This works on the Master but on every machine I've imaged from the Master I get a "Could not synchronize color settings because of a program error" when I launch Photoshop.
Is there a way to stop the error?
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hp

I have my machines setup this way to make preference/setting management/deployment easier.
Yes, I can understand that and as said, I have a single set up.
But in normal set up you install the suite at system level Application folder and use it from the dedicated user account(s) on that machine. All preferences and custom settings for Adobe (at least that I know of) are stored in the user library ( User/ library / Application Support / Adobe / and then per app presets - and same library / preferences / Adobe and many settings folders)
Color sync and custom color profiles you have added are stored in the system library while the saved custom color setting you have created in one of the CS6 apps for use of color settings synchronization is in its turn again stored on user level library (user/ library / application support / Adobe/ Color / Settings) and inhere should be the custom name .csf file you have saved and should be able to find back in the list showing in Bridge when asking for color settings sync.
I really doubt (but as said, no experience in it) imaging the systems is the correct procedure. I'm not sure what settings you want to pre set but mostly they are found in the user lib app support and user lib pref folder (for PS actions, workspaces, custom brushes etc etc.)
And if you are using it for education it is a very good idea to learn all user that there is such thing as a preference command that offer you options to customize the application to your wishes. I can't yell enough about that because PS has a very pre historic default preference settings that needs changing for better use of the app. And the default workspace of Bridge is very clumsy and very unattractive, so the more people learn how to change that themselves the better it will be for making it more popular...

Who's in charge of pdf export: Dialog box or Color settings?

Bridge has synchronized the color settings of all of my apps. But, I needed to export a pdf which uses different color settings. When I try to do so, I get this warning:
The preset specifies source profiles that don't match the color settings file. Profiles specified by the color settings file will be used.
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Thanks,
Gary

If you prepared the file for one print destination and the doc is going to different destination, you want to change the Destination Profile in the Advanced tab to the new CMYK profile and leave your document profile (source profile) alone.
You shouldn't have any problem doing this at least in CS2 or 3. Just keep in mind the PDF will have new CMYK values, which would happen with any CMYK to CMYK conversion.
If you are sending the file to a new destination and you don't want CMYK conversions, you have to assign new profiles to the document and that can't be done via PDF export, which makes sense because assigning a new profile may change the appearance of any document CMYK colors and you might want to make adjustments to those colors before exporting.
Also, keep in mind if you are using the default Color Settings where the CMYK Policy is Preserve Embedded profiles, a CMYK profile is assigned to your document when it is made. In that case changing your color settings via Bridge has no effect on that particular document because it is the assigned profile which color manages not the new working space set in Color Settings. To change a document's assigned profile you have to use Edit>Assign Profiles... not Bridge.

Please help with correct color settings

I'm using ID CC. Depending on which one, my printers want my final PDFs either as PDF/x-1a (I know what it does in terms of flattening) or PDF/x-4.
I need all color images to wind up as CMYK regardless of what they were when placed. I need all 100%K blacks to stay that way and not get converted to a rich black.
Presently, my document color settings are as follows:
Settings: North America General Purpose 2
Working Spaces:
RGB: sRGB IE61966-2.1
CMYK U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Color Management Policies:
RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles
CMYK: Preserve Numbers (Ignore LInked Profiles)
Conversion Options:
Engine: Adobe (ACE)
Intent: Relative Colorimetric
I use the default settings for either PDF/x-1a or PDF/x-4 (plus having ink manager convert all spots to process) and and always receive a yellow warning triangle with the following warning under general:
The preset specifies source profiles that don't match the current color settings file. Profiles specified by the color settings file will be used.
What do I need to check in my document color settings to avoid that error message (the resulting files do seem to be correct for what I need; just want to make sure I've set it right in terms of that error). Of course, any other thoughts are always appreciated too.
Also, what should my document color settings be if the final document will be black & white (grayscale) and only contains data on the black plate?

Peter Spier wrote:
That warning is normal and nothing to worry about. It just means your document color settings don't match the preset, and the document settings will be used, which you want.
But the other part of your post that IS bothersome is that by definition PDF/X-4 does not convert colors, and it preserves embedded profiles, so that color conversion can be done at the RIP. There's no way that's compatible with "I need all color images to wind up as CMYK regardless of what they were when placed."
Thank you. I had just begun testing PDF/X-4 at the insistence of people here that it was the way to go. Then it looks like for these jobs wehre I must wind up with everything as CMYK I should continue using PDF/x1-a which does do that and which I've used for that in the past.
What about for work that is all b/w (grayscale)? Any advice on settings for that?

Setting the Color Settings (Illustrator - Javascript)

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If the name of the color settings file to be set is "myColorsettings", I assumed this line should do the job:
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