Re: Images for print
Re: Images for print
Yes, maybe they can...and this is why images libraries built up by
these very publishers, contain a raft of legacy images that are
themselves a chronicle of the evolution and understanding (or lack of
it!) of colour reproduction!
CMYK may be an historical accident, but it is the only way to reliably
produce mass communication on cheap transportable media.
Like it or not, print has and will for many years to come provide a
source of income and point of focus (pun intended) for many
practitioners in RGB.
Make the image as fabulous as you like, encode it in any colorspace
that takes your fancy, but if it's destination is print then make sure
it can stand up there.
On 10 Oct 2008, at 10:19, edmund ronald wrote:
Maybe they should have them colors.
I fully expect some active display technologies (eg. flexible oLed) to
take over the graphics world in a few years. Already now, people are
spending at least as much time reading from a computer screen as on
paper, and all these screens, phone screens etc are poised to go wide
gamut. In about 5 years we can expect everyone to have a larger
thinner iPhone with a wide-gamut display as a constant companion. And
we can expect broadcast TV to go wide gamut as well.
In the shorter term, it remains to be seen whether fast inkjet
technology couldn't allow special-run inserts in magazines.
CMYK is a historical accident. Like the horse driven carriage it does
get you places, but it stinks. I can't wait for it to be relegated to
the museum.
Edmund
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