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Hi, 
 
I use DIP 10 for creating various photo projects for my small business.  I 
 
have just found a print shop that is able to meet my printing needs, but they 
 
have submission requirements that are geared to Photoshop (of course).  One 
 
of their requirements is that files are saved with a valid ICC profile 
 
embedded. 
 
I am really new to the whole color management situation and calibrating 
 
software to the printers... I see the Color Management Tab that has ICM 
 
options for calibrating to my printer and monitor, but I  don't know anything 
 
about an ICC profile or if it is automatically embedded in the file. :-/ 
 
Is there a way I can save my files in DIP with a valid ICC profile embedded? 
 
Do I need or can I use extra software to do this?  If so, what do I 
 
need/what do you recommend? 
 
Also, they ask for files to be saved in level 10 standard jpeg format.... 
 
anyone know how this translates to DIP 10?  I see the jpeg quality format 
 
0-100% to save at... just don't know what would be comparable to level 10. 
 
If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it! 
 
Thanks!

taz5869 wrote: 
 
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I'll look into it...watch this thread for my findings. 
 
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John Inzer 
 
MS Picture It! MVP 
 
Please understand...this is not tech support. 
 
We are simply volunteers who attempt to assist 
 
folks who are having problems. What works for 
 
us may not work for anyone else... 
 
Good luck in solving your problem. 
 
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Here's the response from the PIX Team 
 
in reference to your inquiry about ICC profiles : 
 
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Most professional print firms have pretty stringent requirements that 
 
all revolve around Photoshop.  As such, their requirements are generally 
 
termed in such a way that they match the Photoshop language.  My bet is 
 
that they will be printing directly from Photoshop, so they want to make 
 
sure the image they get is fully compatible with their print workflow. 
 
Digital Image Pro embeds the sRGB color profile when saving a JPEG 
 
image.  It is basically the default profile for all images that don't 
 
have specialized profiles, such as Adobe RGB.  This user does not have 
 
to worry about anything - the sRGB profile is embedded and is a valid 
 
ICC profile.  In other words, the printing firm will be able to open it 
 
in Photoshop and have no problems reading it and interpreting its 
 
colors. 
 
Level 10 standard JPEG format also refers to Photoshop nomenclature. 
 
This means that the file must be saved at a quality level of 10 (on 
 
Photoshop's scale of 1 through 12) as a standard (as opposed to 
 
progressive) JPEG.  Using higher quality is fine, so this user should 
 
set his JPEG quality to 100 in Digital Image Pro.  DIP saves all JPEGs 
 
as "standard," so there's no problem there. 
 
Let me know if there this user has any further questions. 
 
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John Inzer 
 
MS Picture It! MVP 
 
Please understand...this is not tech support. 
 
We are simply volunteers who attempt to assist 
 
folks who are having problems. What works for 
 
us may not work for anyone else... 
 
Good luck in solving your problem. 
 
Digital Image 
 
Highlights and FAQs 
 
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp 
 
Making Good Newsgroup Posts 
 
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm