Re: PS CMYK Conversions
Re: PS CMYK Conversions
- Subject: Re: PS CMYK Conversions
- From: Mike Strickler <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:28:40 -0700
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:09:01 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: PS CMYK Conversions
To: ColorSync Users Mailing List <email@hidden>
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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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Well, Curtis is right on the observation, and Marco is right in his
condemnation of it. This is a retrograde practice. It is far better
to manage expectations through education and certified proofs that
show the customers what they can expect on an IDEAL 4-color press of
the same type as specified (e.g., GRACoL, Fogra, etc.), so they won't
be so easily tempted to blame their printer. Better still to help
them set up proper soft-proofing so they can see the impact of CMYK
conversion right at the start. Having the customer's separations
compromise the final result has implications for expectations and
disappointment, too.
Message: 12
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:09:42 -0600
From: Curtis Lea <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: PS CMYK Conversions
To: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
Cc: ColorSync Users Mailing List <email@hidden>
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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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