Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
- Subject: Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:24:02 +0000
On 1 Nov 2009, at 15:46, dpascale wrote:
Based on your experience, what is the CMYK space most used for
graphic design in North-America, Europe, and/or Asia?
Here in the UK the most common colour space that I get supplied is US
SWOP. Why? Because it's the Adobe default -- even when you've paid an
extortionate amount of money for a UK/European localised version...
Why don't the defaults get changed?
1. Because nobody RTFMs.
2. The people who run the creative businesses are old enough to have
had repro people sorting this sort of boring stuff out for them and
haven't realised that they've all been retired/fired.
3. The people whom they employ haven't been taught anything about
colour management in college.
More specifically, I would like to have an idea of the CMYK space(s)
most used when specifying a CMYK spot color for color-accurate work.
If they haven't changed the defaults in Photoshop and InDesign it's
still gonna be SWOP.
I've seen a few Pantone CMYK swatch books or Pantone Solid to Process
books lying around. The consultancies that specialise in branding are
usually careful to pick colours that work across a range of media so
are aware of the web/spot/CMYK issues.
But, generally very little thought is given to the technical issues
involved in printing.
The first warning is usually when I call the designer. Sure they look
great on the FOGRA proof but the fine white hairlines that they've
placed on a 4 colour dark purple background might not do so well on
press. Likewise, the 4pt type that they've specified as a 3 colour
warm black or the 4 colour black and white images that won't match
because of gray balance problems. Not forgetting that all the images
will lack impact because they are never sharpened and they've been
downsampled to thumbnail size from 200MB originals during the PDF
creation...
I could go on... and on. It's shameful that today we have greater
control than ever and the ability to accurately simulate the results
before the job ends up on press but still nobody wants to pay for this
critical part of the production process :-(
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
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