Re: CMYK to LAB
Re: CMYK to LAB
- Subject: Re: CMYK to LAB
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:07:17 -0500
I'm relatively unexperienced in actual results with a colorsync
workflow, but I have been trying for years to begin to understand
at least the technical side of it all.
IMHO the real problem is two fold: Software makers are trying to
do the technical thinking for us in their software behind a
happy-easy interface. Perhaps Adobe's angle of thinking is
"Leave (colors) unchanged (because there ARE color variations
between where you are and where your'e going, we'll make it
look like nothing happened by in fact changing the colors to
compensate the difference between here and there.)" This
placates those users who don't know a thing about device
dependant color theory: (how come what I print from my crappy
Epson color printer is so different from what I see on screen? I
told it (Photoshop) not to change my colors.)
OKay, I may be grasping for a reason, but I do know that while
simplifying things for new users, vendors are making the
advanced concepts even more advanced by making us think like
newcomers. I call to mind the DOS geeks who still can't stand
Windows.
Second reason. This whole color field of control has been
screwed up from the beginning. We (I) don't know what the terms
really mean from the start because no one agrees as to what
they mean among themselves. What exactly is the "Working
Space"? Is it my monitor profile? Is it Photoshops internal color
engine? ie Adobe RGB'98 and similar. Is it the actual color mode
that my file is in--CMYK,RGB,Indexed,LAB???? I don't know!
I guess all that I am asking for is don't assume I know anything,
but don't assume I know it all. Read my mind. IS THAT TOO
MUCH TO ASK???
Ian
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The problem for users is that color management is done when
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no color management is requested. Pshop 6 distinguishes
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between preserving the numbers and preserving the color
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appearance. 'Leave (Colors) Unchanged' sounds to me like
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'please preserve my numbers and discard the device
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independent reference'.