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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="question"
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id="color-virtualdevice">
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<link type="guide" xref="color#profiles"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="color-why-calibrate"/>
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<desc>A virtual device is a color managed device that is not connected to the computer.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Richard Hughes</name>
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<email>richard@hughsie.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>What's a virtual color managed device?</title>
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A virtual device is a color managed device that is not connected to
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Examples of this might be:
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<item><p>An online print-shop where photos are uploaded, printed and sent to you</p></item>
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<item><p>Photos from a digital camera stored on a memory card</p></item>
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To create a virtual profile for a digital camera just drag and drop
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one of the image files onto the <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui>
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<gui>Color</gui></guiseq> dialog.
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You can then <link xref="color-assignprofiles">assign profiles</link> to
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it like any other device or even
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<link xref="color-calibrate-camera">calibrate</link> it.