Re: Workflow from digital RGB photos to prepress...
Re: Workflow from digital RGB photos to prepress...
- Subject: Re: Workflow from digital RGB photos to prepress...
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:03:58 -0400
Congratulations Carlo on your new gear!
> So here I am all geared up and excited with my new Canon Eos 1 DS Mark II, my
> new G5 dual processor, my eizo CG21, my books on camera raw and color
> management.
> Studied a lot and done everything just by the books, shot all my new editorial
> in raw, converted it to prophoto 16 bit,
> done a lot of retouching and manipulation on my calibrated Eizo, looked
> carefully at all my histograms and pushed my colors to the limits....and loved
> them...
>
> but here are my worries...
>
> If I do some quick conversions to CMYK trying different set up everything
> becomes very dull of course
> (I am aware of the differences between the two gamuts, etc and therefore not
> surprised)...
>
> but the point is:
>
> what do you guys suggest or how do you manage your workflow at this point:
> trust the prepress to do a correct conversion and to reach the closest
> possible gamut to my RGB image (they work in 8 bit mode)
I would not trust just ANY prepress. Some "prepress" don't use the latest
and greatest. They use what they call "proven" Photoshop v5 and earlier. So,
you have to be careful. I would definitely ask questions -- I know, all this
gear and knowledge does not free you from all this misery... You'll be
surprised the answer you'll get the moment you start raising color questions
with some "prepress". On the other hand, I have to conced that some
"prepress" are very knowledgeable and will gladly guide you through the
process. It's just a matter of who you're dealing with.
> or convert myself to CMYK into 16 bits and then color correct the image in
> CMYK mode and let myself have control over this process, with all its
> headaches and possibilities?
>
> carlo
If you color correct in RGB, regardless of bit depth, you've already done
your homework. If you need to convert to CMYK you should not have to massage
your colors further provided you used a good output profile: the profile has
precalculated all the compromises for you. But if you want to subjectively
play with saturation once the image is in CMYK it's your esthetic
prerogative.
Regards,
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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