Set Color Settings in Adobe Photoshop (SBS VISUAL TUTORIALS)

This tutorial is a part of Color Correction Workflow step by step VISUAL TUTORIALS.

• Set up Color Settings (Adobe RGB (1998) profile) is best for most purposes.
• Duplicate image.
• Change dimensions and resolution if needed. 
• Crop and straighten image if needed. 
• Remove noise before any color correction especially before sharpening. 
• White balance, tonal range and color cast correction.
• Correct Key colors.  
• Brightness/Contrast correction. 
• Hue/Saturation correction.
• Sharpen image. 
• Save on disk in appropriate format. 

Reference:
Photoshop Help / Understanding color adjustments

Product used in this tutorial: Adobe Photoshop CS5