"Safe CMYK" workflows [was: Misleading Adobe Common Color Architecture]
"Safe CMYK" workflows [was: Misleading Adobe Common Color Architecture]
- Subject: "Safe CMYK" workflows [was: Misleading Adobe Common Color Architecture]
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:18:32 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Rick Gordon wrote:
>Illustrator and InDesign support a safe CMYK workflow by default.
>As a result, when you open or import a CMYK image with an embedded
>profile, the application ignores the profile and preserves the
>raw color numbers.
Excuse me, but...what is "safe" about that "safe CMYK" workflow? If the linked image has an embedded profile that describes its color appearance accurately, and that embedded profile is different from the active profile (default or assigned) in InDesign for that color mode (CMYK or RGB), then, by stripping the embedded profile, in effect you are altering the correct appearance of the linked image by assigning to it a different profile than the one it was intended to work with, right?
I see nothing "safe" about that, and a lot of actual potential trouble instead -- unless it so happens that the file's embedded profile and InDesign's active profile are exactly the same, or very similar in structure and effect. But that would be a coincidence, and I think you will agree when I say that accurate color should never be left up to coincidence or guessing.
Marco Ugolini
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