Re: untagged RGB data
Re: untagged RGB data
- Subject: Re: untagged RGB data
- From: Chris Murphy <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:52:10 -0700
On Dec 19, 2003, at 10:19 PM, John Zimmerer wrote:
Frankly, not knowing how CMYK was generated has more problems. At
least having the profile embedded gives the recipient a shot at
knowing whether the file in its current state is appropriate for the
given workflow, and also provides a starting point for creating a
device link profile (after extracting the embedded profile, of
course). The profile isn't to blame for poorly designed workflows.
Anyone sharing CMYK images haphazardly without respect to how they were
separated or where they will be printed are asking for problem, period.
Embedding a profile does not solve this problem. And given the
realities of existing workflows concerning embedded profiles in CMYK
images, you're just asking for trouble to do it and then hand off those
images to people you haven't had explicit discussions with. Embedded
profiles for RGB images communicate color well. Embedded profiles for
CMYK images do not, they're insufficient as they're currently designed.
CMYK profiles don't have to be large, they can be 500K or less. Large
profiles can be downsampled, unnecessary tags can be stripped. In
dealing with files that start at 16-bit then get separated to CMYK, I
don't think 500K is too high a price to pay to insure the file is
properly treated further down the workflow.
It is too large. 1000 images x 500K = 488MB of redundant data that
isn't necessary in the vast majority of existing workflows. And the
existence of the embedded profile can actually ensure the file is
improperly treated further down the workflow if that image gets
repurposed automatically. (This is not an obscure problem, InDesign 2
does it if color management is turned on and the destination profile is
different than the embedded profile. And there's no way for this NOT to
occur except to turn color management completely off.)
CMYK profiles embedded in images can be a good thing when the
destination is a device with perfect register (space concerns
notwithstanding).
CMYK profiles embedded in images is asking for trouble when the
destination is a device with imperfect register.
Chris Murphy
Color Remedies (TM)
www.colorremedies.com/realworldcolor
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Co-author "Real World Color Management"
Published by PeachPit Press (ISBN 0-201-77340-6)
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