Re: Quark CMS
Re: Quark CMS
- Subject: Re: Quark CMS
- From: Glenn Kowalski <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:07:43 -0500
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 06:52:03 -0800 (PST)
From: miro franz <email@hidden>
Subject: Quark CMS
To: email@hidden
I've always heard "don't use Quark's Color Management
(CMS)" But I never heard why. I did a test with cmyk
images. Wanted to see if Photoshop's profile2profile
worked the same as applying the profile in Quark. I
tired every option in Quark to apply color management
and all the prints I made look the same, whether it
was turned off or on! And the profiles I used made a
noticable difference in photoshop. So what I've
concluded is that Quark CMS doesn't work period. I'm
not a novice to color management, just to using
Quark's. Does anyone else have similar results?
You've probably heard "don't use Quark Color Management" by those who
don't understand it. It does work, it's just incomplete in it's
implementation. There's no way to choose a rendering intent and the
only imported images it works with are TIFFs. I've found two separate
ways to use Quark's color management that are effective:
1. For users who want to spend as little as possible, yet have some
level of color management. For this, I tell them that only TIFFs and
Quark colors will be managed on-screen and when printing to their
inkjet/proofer.
2. For color management of TIFFs and Quark colors on-screen, but use
other color processing software for printing such as Praxisoft's
CompassProXT or ICC Autoflow, or use a color ICC compatible RIP. One
good benefit of Quark's role here is that images will look the same
in both Photoshop and QuarkXpress. Designers love that.
Quark's CMS does work, you just need to understand the limitations.
If you're using EPS images and expecting a difference, then that
might be why it seems to not work.
--
Glenn Kowalski
Macintosh Systems Consultant
Studio 405
www.studio405.com