Re: Working with a not Color Managed PrePress (was gamma 1.8 or 2.2)
Re: Working with a not Color Managed PrePress (was gamma 1.8 or 2.2)
- Subject: Re: Working with a not Color Managed PrePress (was gamma 1.8 or 2.2)
- From: Carlo Lavatori <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:34:47 +0200
On Sep 17, 2005, at 1:37 AM, Roger Breton wrote:
I have the same monitor here calibrated and profiled with the same hardware
and software and I'm getting exact color matches to Cromalin proofs
*because* I have created Cromalin ICC profile.
Let me add that the files I get from the prepress service are not color
managed, as this is their choice of workflow. (No profiles)
So I have no choice but to keep them that way
That is irrelevant. As long as you know what their Source is you don't need
to have embedded profiles to accurately view their proofs. Just assign your
Cromalin profile when you open the images in Photoshop and you're done.
Thanks for your answer Roger (and Andrew),
I got the point!
So, I suppose, I have no choice but to profile myself my prepress Scanner and Chromalin printer?
I suppose I can supply them, my targets, have them scanned and printed and then profile them myself.
At that point I finally will have some profiles to assign to my files in Photoshop...
Is that what you did Roger, when you say:
I have created Cromalin ICC profile.
?
So could this be a correct workflow?
(since my prepress doesn't use any profiles at all):
1 - I open the scans I get made from my prepress service assigning them the profile I made myself of their scanner
2 - Convert the file into my working space CMYK (next big question: I know what RGB working space I like, but in CMYK I wouldn't know which one to use...)
3 - Retouch the files as I wish
4 - Soft Proof the retouced file (with photoshop proof setup) with the cromalin profile assigned to it
but at this point when I have to return the file to the service to have a cromalin made, since they will discard any profile assigned to it, (not even a working space CMYK)
what should I do?
5a - Send the file when the soft proof seems correct without any profiles assigned to it
5b- Convert the file into the cromalin profile (and then discarding it) before sending it to the service...
thanks
Carlo
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