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- badqat, on 10/27/2009, -0/+9I've found that the press is a huge portion of ensuring your output works as intended.
- earther, on 10/28/2009, -0/+4I've worked in design and advertising for twice as long. An sRGB workflow is the only way to go these days. The only time i'll create a cmyk file is after all the retouching has been done and i've contacted the printer and he's supplied me the EXACT profile for their press.
Working in cmyk is a joke and should be avoided at all costs. Whoever has convinced you otherwise is a dinosaur. Educate yourself. - MrFisty, on 10/28/2009, -1/+3OK, I've worked in design and advertising for 10 years and the first point is *****.
RGB does not reproduce accurately in CMYK offset. Like it says, RGB in light values, while CMYK is layered ink. Just because you save in RGB doesn't mean CMYK ink will reproduce the same way. It's not as if you can trick a printing press into opening up some hidden colour gamut. CMYK ink has limitations and saving as RGB won't get around that. - typographics, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1How can you do it wrong if the software is doing it all for you? I am merely making the point that I would rather have more control over the process. And yes, many times the software will convert to a less desirable CMYK alternative; That is why we have color chips :\
- MrFisty, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1Sorry, I should have been clearer. Yes, working in RGB or sRGB is preferrable to CMYK for obvious flexibility in workflow, but to suggest you can export in RGB for print is a recipe for disaster.
But, like you said, you need to keep the press in mind from the very start and make sure what you are designing and the colours you use are suitable for a final CMYK output. - typographics, on 10/28/2009, -0/+1Interesting article. You can let the software convert your RGB to CMYK, but if you want your colors to come out in a particular way, you really need to start in CMYK. The software always seems to convert RGB to a muddy CMYK substitute instead of the closest possible match.
- earther, on 10/28/2009, -1/+2Wow, how wrong can you be. No image that i know of starts out as cmyk. All digital files these days are captured in rgb.
If your rgb is coming out muddy in cmyk, then you're doing it wrong.
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