Re: AdobeRGB images to WebGraphics sRGB/Color Management Off
Re: AdobeRGB images to WebGraphics sRGB/Color Management Off
- Subject: Re: AdobeRGB images to WebGraphics sRGB/Color Management Off
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 17:23:49 EST
In a message dated 1/9/04 7:50:56 PM, email@hidden writes:
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Can someone explain in simple terms what would happen to nice rich
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beautiful images sent to a designer who has PS 7.01 setup to Web
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Graphics and whose Color Management policies are set to OFF?
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What physically happens to the AdobeRGB image upon opening?
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The colors would be incorrect, especially in the cyan/green/yellow range.
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Does the image become forced into the sRGB container?
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It would simply be misdisplayed as sRGB, with the color inaccuracies noted
above.
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Would it render
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horribly if then converted to CMYK for offset coated stock?
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It would be off exactly as much as it would be off if you took the file and
assigned sRGB as a profile on your own color managed system, so you can look
at
it and see what the visual mismatch is; I find it makes skintones unpleasant,
among other things.
C David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Inc.
email@hidden
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