Re: Supplied RGB
Re: Supplied RGB
- Subject: Re: Supplied RGB
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:07:29 -0400
I'm a photographer and I've been submitting digital files for 4/c
reproduction for 15 years plus.
I like what you have to say - especially that you want the RGB files
and to be in control of the conversion.
I also like Brice Fraser's response
In that case, I suggest supplying your clients with .csf files for the
adobe apps, and include your proofer profile.
I would only add that the RGB file creator / person be made aware that
the best chance to "have it look like the monitor" is soft proofing
(as per Bruce's suggestion) and to invest $200 and 20 minutes in
monitor profiling hardware/software at the minimum.
Ulf Skogsbergh
On Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at 04:17 PM, Mike Stewart wrote:
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.
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