Re: PS CMYK Conversions
Re: PS CMYK Conversions
- Subject: Re: PS CMYK Conversions
- From: richard burd jr <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:49:28 -0400
AMEN to that...it's been that way for a while. What's the old saying "you
get what you pay for"
Richard Burd
> Sadly, profit trumps craft in the world of pre-press these days.
>
> It's now up to the client to determine much of the quality.
>
> Curtis
>
>
> On 16-Aug-08, at 11:09 AM, Marco Ugolini wrote:
>
>> Marco Ugolini wrote:
>>
>>> Having their customers throttle back the colour themselves and
>>> thereby
>>> reduce their expectations takes a lot of weight off their shoulders
>>> too. If they sent RGB they would expect RGB back. At least CMYK gives
>>> them the opportunity to improve on what the customers submit.
>>
>> That's certainly a possibility, a way to manage the client's
>> expectation while making one's job far easier in the bargain.
>>
>> Still, it's a dereliction of duty, in a way, because what the
>> average client is able to wrest out of a given RGB image (in all
>> likelihood, just a straight Image > Mode > CMYK Color, with no
>> consideration of destination space or rendering intent, and no soft-
>> proofing) is probably not as good as what a skilled prepress
>> operator would be able to achieve.
>>
>> In essence, the client is charged for an inferior result.
>>
>> Marco Ugolini
>
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