Color profile management and color collection management, navigation and visual design

A color manager high level navigation system comprising:

• a graphical user interface;
• a color manager selection icon at the highest navigation level of the graphical user interface;
• and,
• a color manager further comprising:
• a view menu including:
• a filter selection that causes all available profiles to be displayed;
• a filter selection that causes only destination profiles to be displayed;
• a filter selection that causes only source profiles to be displayed;
• a filter selection that causes only device gray source profiles to be displayed;
• a filter selection that causes only device RGB source profiles to be displayed;
• a filter selection that causes only device CMY source profiles to be displayed;
• and,
• a filter selection that causes only device CMYK source profiles to be displayed;
• a characterization tool icon for activating a profile characterization tool;
• and,
• a profile list window further comprising:
• a list of available profiles matching a filter criteria selected from the view menu further comprising:
• a column displaying an icon for each profile that is characterized as a system profile that cannot be deleted or modified;
• a column displaying a symbolic name of each profile;
• a column displaying a type for each profile including, but not limited to, input and output;
• a column displaying a color space for each profile including, but not limited to, gray, RGB, CMY and CMYK;
• and,
• a column displaying a description of each profile;
• a text display box displaying a current default output profile symbolic name;
• a message box for displaying confirmation of recent actions;
• and,
• a profile to media button for activating a profile to media assignment dialog.

A method for managing colors with a high level navigation system comprising:

• displaying a graphical user interface;
• displaying a color manager icon at the highest navigation level of the graphical user interface;
• and,
• displaying options in the color manager providing a user with a choice of at least one of:
• selecting an option in a view menu from at least one of:
• selecting a filter selection that causes all available profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a filter selection that causes only destination profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a filter selection that causes only source profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a filter selection that causes only device gray source profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a filter selection that causes only device RGB source profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a filter selection that causes only device CMY source profiles to be displayed;
• and,
• selecting a filter selection that causes only device CMYK source profiles to be displayed;
• selecting a characterization tool icon for activating a profile characterization tool;
• and,
• selecting a profile list window further including the steps of:
• displaying a list of available profiles matching a filter criteria selected from the view menu further displaying:
• a column displaying an icon for each profile that is characterized as a system profile that cannot be deleted or modified;
• a column displaying a symbolic name of each profile;
• a column displaying a type for each profile including, but not limited to, input and output;
• a column displaying a color space for each profile including, but not limited to, gray, RGB, CMY and CMYK;
• and,
• a column displaying a description of each profile;
• displaying a text display box showing a current default output profile symbolic name;
• displaying a message box showing confirmation of recent actions;
• and,
• displaying a profile to media button for activating a profile to media assignment dialog.