RGB - CMYK? help please
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- esquise
I have been working on a book (my first) and about half the images had to be converted from RGB to CMYK. Could anyone tell me if this will work allright for print or will it be very noticeable. Thanx in Advance
- monkeyshine0
First, it depends upon the quality of the images. Are they all 72dpi right now? If so, then they won't reproduce well in print.
If the quality is ok, then you will probably need to tweak the color a bit after converting to CMYK. Reds especially tend to dull down after the conversion.
- unknown0
"noticeable"? Your orange and strong green tones wont be as vivid as in RGB, but otherwise the colors worse than if you worked in CMYK from the beginning...
- esquise0
My images are all 300 dpi, so they should be sharp but I don,t have much of a choice about colour because I wasn't given any CMYK images, a lot of them were also given to me in jpeg which I converted to tiffs.
thanxs
- esquise0
My images are all 300 dpi, so they should be sharp but I don,t have much of a choice about colour because I wasn't given any CMYK images, a lot of them were also given to me in jpeg which I converted to tiffs.
thanxs
- mikeim0
if you're printing these images in a four color process then you want CMYK color space in all of your images. What's the problem?
- esquise0
The original images are RGB so im worried in case they really stick out
- mikeim0
always expect what ever you see on screen to print 5%-10% darker when outputted.
Ask for a color match proof before the job is run. Can be expensive but if you got the money and the project is important, it's worth it.
- esquise0
Thanks
- freshmode0
just convert in photoshop. Your colors will change. It is taking a 3 color image and converting to a 4 color image. Their is going to be some difference. Not much. Just adjust the color after you convert.
More importantly, calibrate your monitor with your printers settings and whatever is on your screen should be what prints. If anything, it might just a bit darker when you print from what you swee on screen.
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- 187LockDown0
You should have no problems so long as you go back though each image after converting and make sure the colors are the way you want them. If you change to CMYK your good to go. there will be no difference than if you started in CMYK I don't know why he said that. It means more work on your part of going back and tweaking colors but once your in CMYK and everything looks good you should have no problems.
- esquise0
cheers everyone
- unknown0
Since you very often start off w/ an image in RGB and switch mode later, its most likely helpfull to use 'proof colors' in PS. View > Proof Setup. (also invaluable when you´re doing webdesign on a mac)