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Command WorkStation provides Color Editor for editing CMYK profiles. Fiery Color Profiler Suite provides Fiery Profile Editor, which you can access from Command WorkStation to edit output profiles.

In Color Editor, you can edit a CMYK output profile. Use Color Editor to fine-tune the density curves of a profile.

In Fiery Profile Editor (part of Fiery Color Profiler Suite), you can edit the color data that define the gamut of an output profile.

Edit profiles in Color Editor

With Color Editor, you can adjust features such as brightness, CMYK density curves, target densities and gray balance (for output profiles).

Edits made with Color Editor are for printing with the Fiery server only. They do not affect the profile if the profile is used in another context.

In Device Center, click the Resources tab, and then click Profiles.
Select a profile and click Edit.
Select Color Editor.
Note: If Fiery Color Profiler Suite is not installed on your computer, you can skip this step. Color Editor will open automatically.
In Color Editor, adjust the density curves. For fine adjustments, work with only one or two colors at a time.
The curves on the graph map the input percentage to the output percentage for each of the four color channels (C, M, Y, and K). The percentages refer to the size of the CMYK halftone dots.
- To show or hide the C, M, Y, or K curves, click the "eye" icon for each color.
- To bring a curve to the front, click its color bar, next to the "eye" icon.
- To adjust the brightness of the curves that are shown, use the plus and minus buttons.
- To adjust a curve, drag a point on the curve, click a point and type new numbers in the Input and Output fields, or click a point and use the arrow keys to move it.
  
  Note: Adjust the curves after you adjust the brightness.
For output profiles: Optionally, if your Fiery server stores the calibration target in the output profile, you can edit the maximum densities of the calibration target (the D-Max values) for each color (C, M, Y, and K).
If the D-Max values are not shown, then your Fiery server stores the calibration target separately from the output profile. In this case, you can view and adjust the D-Max values in Calibrator.

Caution:
Even if you can edit the maximum density values, we recommend that you only view them. A calibration target represents the ideal values for calibration, and the output profile contains these values. The calibration target should not be changed unnecessarily.
For output profiles: Optionally, adjust the gray balance of the output profile by clicking AutoGray.
Optionally, print a test page.
When you are finished, click Save and enter a description for the new profile.
Important: If you do not enter a new description, the edited profile overwrites the original. If you edit and save a locked profile, you can only save it as a copy. A locked profile cannot be overwritten.

Edit profiles in Fiery Profile Editor

If Fiery Color Profiler Suite is installed on your computer, you can use Fiery Profile Editor to edit an output profile. With Profile Editor, you can adjust global color features such as rendering intent and CMYK density curves, as well as adjust specific hues, colors, or even a specific data point in the profile gamut.

In Device Center, click the Resources tab and then click Profiles.
Select an output profile, click Edit, and then select Fiery Profile Editor.

For more information about using Fiery Profile Editor to edit a profile, click the Help icon in Profile Editor.