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: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:51:33 +0000
On 7 Jan 2007, at 22:13, Bob Marchant wrote:
This has been a really interesting thread. The photographers have
been branded as uneducated , uncaring , lacking in experience and
knowledge , and of having simian characteristics. We've been told
what we are and not allowed to do. We are unremittingly told about
how our business should be run by 'experts' who obviously know
nothing about the mechanics of the modern day advertising
photography at the high end. Yet should we dare to venture our
opinions as to how the workflow should run , we are shot down
because we don't separate to CMYK using process cameras and film.
Bob
I don't think that your summing up of this debate is entirely accurate.
Photographers were not described as "monkeys" - that term was reserved
for pre-press people who couldn't separate images as well as
photographers :-)
I also don't think that photographers should be singled out as demons
in this debate because there are plenty of other people in the
production chain that are also prepared to drive the knife into the
backs of pre-press people - printers and designers for instance.
All have the option to hire knowledgeable and skilled pre-press people
to help them get the job done - but few do.
There is a very small minority of photographers who do put in the
hours and the investment necessary to get this stuff done right. There
is an even smaller subset that invest much of their time in educating
others - and I know that you are one of those people.
But, from my POV, any photographer (or printer, or designer) who is
prepared to provide CMYK for free is putting another pre-press person
out of work. And I don't think that giving the client an ever
*cheaper* product is a good enough reason for doing that.
You know that I'm prepared to fight with photographers against
"Royalty Free" - why can't photographers fight against "Repro Free"?
Regards
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
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