On Sep 6, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Terence Wyse wrote:
Tagged RGB should be fine...but users might be disappointed with the results since virtually any standard RGB color space, even sRGB, is going to (mostly) have a wider gamut than the digital press.
Going to GRACol doesn't change that. So this would be more a end user feel good workflow?
I think either converting to GRACoL beforehand or at least soft-proofing the job using GRACoL is the way to go.
Go where? That's where I'm confused. I've got a profile that is soft proofing based on something I'm not printing. OK it might be close. Might as well soft proof RGB to GRACOL then hand off RGB and hope for the best. Color management without real soft proofing (just use any profile you stubble upon).
Personally, I'd be inclined to take the "gamut hit" up front and convert to GRACoL before handing it off to Blurb...that way the final result would more likely meet my expectations.
I'm not following how you are getting those expecations though. The 'use GRACoL' approach sounds like what we heard for years: Just use SWOP V2 (even if our output isn't SWOP V2). Seems a tad pointless unless I'm missing something. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/