Re: Illustrator conversion
Re: Illustrator conversion
- Subject: Re: Illustrator conversion
- From: Henrik Holmegaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 23:16:56 +0200
"Peter Merck" <email@hidden> wrote:
>A co-worker had a question about Ill 10 and color management.
>If he creates a new RGB file (in his Lightjet profile) but has to
place and
>embed a CMYK/RGB image(with or without a profile) when or if Ill
converts the
>image file to RGB.
>Mostly we save an Ill file as an eps for the rip, or he has tried to
print to
>a mock folder.
You should no longer be using Encapsulated PostScript as file format
into and out of Illustrator.
There are two philosophies for EPS, one that it is device color and one
that it is CIE color (in the broadest sense which includes both CSAs
and ICC profiles).
Illustrator has always regarded EPS as device color which is the
appropriate view IMO. Use PDF for a color managed workflow into and out
of Illustrator 10.
Your RIP should arguably disregard Color Space Arrays and ICC profiles
in EPS, but it should not disregard ICC profiles in PDF 1.3 and higher.
If you keep in mind that CalCMYK is unsupported in PDF but supported in
PostScript and EPS and may be generated e.g. by printing from
Illustrator 10 in CMYK mode with color management enabled, it is easy
to check application behaviors e.g. with PDF/X-3 Inspector (Freeware)
for Mac OS from
http://www.pdfx.info/download.html.
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