Whenever you process pictures in ImageMapper, the final profile used during the processing sequence is embedded in the picture file. This simply means that the profile information is included as special metadata that travels along with the image data in the picture file.

Having the profile embedded provides a useful reference to anyone who might be doing further processing your pictures in a later workflow step. Other users can look for the embedded profile to know which profile was last used in the processing chain. If further processing is required, the embedded profile can then be used as the new source profile. Many important software imaging applications (including ImageMapper) allow the user to designate whether to automatically use an embedded profile for processing, if one is found.

In all ImageMapper workflows, embedding of the final profile in the chain happens automatically.

The way to embed a profile in an image without altering the pixel data is to simply make the source profile and the destination profile identical. To do this, use one of the following methods, depending on the workflow you are using.

If you are making a new profile that you want to embed (Input Profile Assistant) Follow steps 1 - 6 for making a new profile and processing pictures. On the final screen of the Input Profile Assistant, check Save the profile to disk, if desired. In the Process the other pictures in the input folder to: pop-up menu, select the profile that you just made as the destination. For example, if you just used the Input Profile Assistant to make a source profile with the description "Kitchen_Strobe_16-Jul-08," select that same profile as the destination profile from the pop-up menu. Effectively, this specifies the same profile as both the source and destination. Click Finish. In the Save the New Profile dialog box, enter a description and location for storing for the new profile. Click Save. In the Create a New Folder and Process Images dialog box, enter a name and location for the folder that will contain your finished pictures. If you want to embed a supplied or previously-made profile (Remap Pictures...) Follow steps 1 - 3 for processing pictures using a supplied or previously-made profile. Using the Process Folder To: pop-up menu, select the same profile for the destination as you used for the source. Click OK. On the final screen, enter the name you wish to assign to the new folder of processed pictures (or accept the default folder name), and then use the pop-up menu to navigate to the location where you want the new folder to be. Click Create.

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