Re: Supplied RGB
Re: Supplied RGB
- Subject: Re: Supplied RGB
- From: "Mike Stewart" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:17:25 -0500
bruce fraser <email@hidden> writes:
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Mike,
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At this stage in the evolution of the industry, I'd have to say that
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the only rule of thumb for supplying RGB is, don't even think about
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doing it unless you have an ironclad guarantee from the recipient
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that they know how to handle it.
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If the recipients know how to handle it, any profiled RGB space
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should work just fine. If the recipients open supplied RGB in
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Photoshop 4 and convert to CMYK on default settings (which is way
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more common than one would hope) all RGB spaces are equally dangerous.
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Bruce
Thanks for the info: I'm sorry if I confused anyone; but we are the
recipients of the rgb files. Our workflow consists mainly of ctp to
printers throughout North America and Asia. Thorough testing allows us to
supply contract proofs either for North American standards or Asian
standards, and to date we have had very little problem with the press
matching our supplied proofs. However; at times when we supply an interim
proof for sign off the designer or photographer may say what we all have
heard before "Why doesn't the proof match what I saw on my monitor". I
don't have problems answering that one; but I believe a lot of those
problems can be overcome with communication at the appropriate time
(before the job starts). If we could begin with a set of "supplied rgb
rules" for all designers and photographers that would be a step forward.
Soooo - do they embed 100% of the time, and NOT in monitor space but in
sRGB or such? Do we advise on things such as royal blues going purple, or
do we quietly fix it in cmyk behind the scenes? If at all possible I need
to be in control of the conversion because of UCR, press type, stock,
etc. That is why I would prefer images supplied in RGB if at all
possible. However, so as not to disappoint the client he should abide by
at least some rules. It is those rules that I am after. Something clear
and consise; something that will not turn off the client; something not
too overwhelming. Sometimes clients when confronted with heavy duty
technical "stuff" would just as soon go somewhere else. It is such a fine
line. Hopefully I have explained myself.
Mike Stewart
Embassy graphics
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