Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
- Subject: Re: CMYK spaces used for document creation
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:59:57 -0700
On Nov 1, 2009, at 10:12 PM, dpascale wrote:
What I seek in these default CMYK spaces is similar to what we often
see as RGB recommendations: sRGB for Web work (a Photoshop default),
Adobe RGB for prepress (another Photoshop default) and general
photography, or even ProPhoto 16-bit for large gamut work. I know
these choices are debatable and may be different in Europe, but they
cover a large number of cases, and nothing prevents anybody to use a
more specific RGB space for their own work, as you well know.
I wish it were that simple. Of the above examples, the one that stands
out is using sRGB for the web (which may change someday when we’re all
using wide gamut displays) and still faces so many obstacles due to
the lack of color management in all but two browsers. I’m not sure
there’s a consensus to use Adobe RGB (1998) for prepress (Karl Lang,
the man who invented ColorMatch RGB would argue that a 1.8 TRC is a
better approach to this kind of output). I would certainly be hard
pressed to send a prepress shop I didn’t actually know understood
color management a document in Adobe RGB (1998). I’d use ColorMatch.
In terms of output spaces, the problem is, all the people who at least
in the US tell their customers they print SWOP when they are not even
remotely close printing to these specifications. Its more akin to
advising people use sRGB for the web and the two web browsers that do
preview such files correctly ceased to exist.
I have not seen such a clear stance for North-America yet, and I am
very tempted to consider the current Photoshop default (U.S. Web
Coated (SWOP) v2) as the best of the less than ideal CMYK working
spaces in this part of the world.
Today that’s probably the best bet although for none of the
technically correct reasons.
Andrew Rodney
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