RGB vs. CMYK scanning: a major issue here!
RGB vs. CMYK scanning: a major issue here!
- Subject: RGB vs. CMYK scanning: a major issue here!
- From: Andrea de Polo <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:07:12 +0200
Hello everyone,
I have a CreoScitex EverSmart Supreme scanner; I have already scanned
70.000 color and b/w images at 304 dpi, 2000x3000 pixels, RGB-TIFF.
Now we got the following scenario: the CreoScitex local site trainer
is saying:
The scanner acquire the files in RGB
The RGB color space has more color info than CMYK
It is fine to acquire the files in CMYK but the CreoScitex trainer
say that it is not necessary
The problem is as follow: several printers and publishers are saying
that they prefer if my company provide them the files as CMYK because
the files are easier to print. Also they do not care to give me the
output printer type or paper kind, so I do not know which profile
embed into my files. They keep say that CMYK is much better, because
with the K channel I get images with more vivid colors, more details,
better overall.
I am lost! Shall I indeed now go to CMYK or I can use a professional
system like GretagMacbeth color profile and spectrolino to apply the
proper profile to my RGB files?
Currently my files, without a proper profile look for b/W images
bluish on a cromalin test and the color not proper for color images;
TIA; Andrea
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