Re: Who does the seperations? (Re: Profile Names and other suggestions)
Re: Who does the seperations? (Re: Profile Names and other suggestions)
- Subject: Re: Who does the seperations? (Re: Profile Names and other suggestions)
- From: email@hidden (Lee Blevins)
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:22:12 -0500
> I chose years ago to try and approach being
> outstanding as a photographer and continue that pursuit. Therefore I
> will never be outstanding at prepress.
I agree.
You're a photographer. You make photographs.
You should not make CMYK images.
That conversion should be done where the press is. At that location is
where the people who are getting the minute to minute feedback on what's
working and what isn't.
These are the people who have the site specific profiles and know the
mechanical limits of the process.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of dimwitted prepress workers who will
butcher your RGB image.
Sad but true. That more than anything is what drives the discussion of
who should do the separation.
I taught a continuing Ed class at Rhode Island School of Design for a
few years and saw that many who took the class were photographers.
The reason they stated for taking the class was they wanted to know why
their image "died" after it was separated.
The only reason I could give them was "color gamut." Nobody did anything
wrong, you just can't get there from here.
You're entering a process that can only hold a 4:1 brightness range and
you're shooting a chrome with a 9:1 range. Something has to give.
In spite of all the technology that has developed, not much has changed.
Photographers are photographers and prepress operators are prepress
operators. Both require such a devotion to their tasks that it's
unlikely that either could do both.
There will always be an exception but the general rule is that they are
two different disciplines.
Digital photography more than anything has driven this debate to a new
level.
As I tell people quite often, technology isn't making this easier, it's
making it more difficult. There's more to know now. More buttons to
press and more software to learn.
The advice I'd give photographers is stick to photography and find a
good printer/separator. Establish a relationship and teach each other.
Next week I'll sell some consulting time to a printer who has found out
that they need new knowledge. The old ways have become too slow and
costly and they need to understand color managment if for no other
reason than to proof more accurately.
One of the problems photographers face when asking printers about their
capabilities is that printers lie. Rather than admit they don't have a
clue they'll make statements like "oh sure, we're completely color
managed, worry about nothing"
I don't know what the solution is for that other than to ask the
important questions. If the printer doesn't seem to know what they're
doing, convert it for them. Perhaps you could even go there and teach
them.
That's what I do.
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