Re: Preview/QuarkXPress 6
Re: Preview/QuarkXPress 6
- Subject: Re: Preview/QuarkXPress 6
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:51:21 -0500
> Well the Color Settings in the Adobe apps had their RGB working spaces set
> to Adobe RGB (1998). Scroll down to "Round 2" at:
> <http://ssmith.com/Qclr/qclr.html>
Right. But Adobe apps are smart to know that this is not the monitor space.
I should have pick up on that. Thank's to Chris Murphy.
>> Unfortunately QuarkXPress does not grab the
>> display profile from the OS. You must set it manually each time you
>> reprofile the display, and that setting is the Monitor setting. This is
>> not default source profiles setting.
>
> This worked. In Quark's Profile Manager I selected the auxiliary directory
> ~/Library/Colorsync/Profiles directory and switched the Monitor setting in
> Quark's prefs to the same as System Prefs > Displays > Color.
>
> I had to turn on Ink Black in the Adobe products soft proof setup to get the
> same weak process black Quark displayed to get an exact match between the 3
> apps.
As you can see, there is more than one way to manage colors to the screen.
> But I haven't digested all this yet. Why do we pick an RGB working space in
> the Adobe products Color Settings if it is just going to use the OS monitor
> profile?
For the same reason Quark makes you select an RGB space for Solid Colors and
Images *independent* of the monitor space.
> Quark seems to make more sense right now (in my wine soaked mind
> and belly full of pasta thinking).
Not really. I'd rather manage color in Adobe apps than in Quark, any time.
Bon appétit!
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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