Files from digital photographers
Files from digital photographers
- Subject: Files from digital photographers
- From: MSD <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:39:06 -0800
Why couldn't they open in my Working Space without manually converting
to their working space. Isn't this what we are striving for? Once
opened they could convert to their proofer or press flavor of CMYK
right?
What am I missing here.
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It depends on who is expected to absorb the time and cost hit
to convert all the photos.
It also depends on the artist expecting a "prefect" conversion to
output profile,
and not having the need for small tweaks following the conversion.
If you want the entire thing to be automatic -
do the job with InDesign and just place your final RGB pix in there
and have InDesign convert to the output profile
when generating the output file.
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This may be a little off the subject but it just so happens that Im
dealing with a photographer that we were paying to color correct all
of the photos that he is taking for us. After we get them we are
having to go back after the conversion process and color correct them
again.
From your background, do you have any incite on this subject?
I think it is on topic. But again, if the photographer is CM'd, and
you provide him with a proofer or press profile, why would one need to
go back and forth.
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Having the final output profile,
the artist works with the original RGB file and color corrects with the
output preview.
Then - the RGB files can be used and the conversion can be done in the
RIP -
or, again, upon output with InDesign.
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In my case earlier the designer was simply dropping in an AdobeRGB into
Quark 4.1 and finding terrible results. We are now having them Convert
the originals to US Web Coated SWOP v2 and they are printing just fine.
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As long as your designer is saving the CMYK files as .eps files - you
should be OK.
Or, if the printer is actually "omitting" images when producing the
output file from Quark
and relinking in the RIP - you should be OK.
If you are placing .tif files ... and
your printer is "printing" from Quark - or writing "fat" Postscript
from Quark
to send to the RIP or to Distiller ...
eventually you will be disappointed.
I think you would be happier with US Sheetfed Coated v2 as a generic
profile
that would be routine for any sheetfed printer to hit.
MSD
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