Color Management (Illustrator)
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- nRIK
hello. i dont usually work much with print; ive been working in illustrator for a while, and just was wondering what sort of Color Management settings I should use for print in cmyk [Edit > Color Settings]
the colours do screw up when i move between Illu and Freehand or Photoshop, so i think itd be best to just set it to "CM Off" rather than the default "emulate AI 6"
any info would be much appreciated
cheers,
- MX_OnD0
CM only affects your screen anyway.
I just did an interesting test the other day, made a TIFF in PS imported it into FH and then made some lines in FH with the same CMYK values.....
The colours looked very different in the TIFF but in [rint 100% exactly the same....
if the CMYK values match don't worry about it.
- nRIK0
haha thats the thing tho,
if i did all my work in Illustrator, as well as picking the CMYK values and colours, then it may not turn out how it should in print...
i just exported my work as .eps and .pdfs, opened them up, they look all washed out... so the colors im using are focked...
i switched CM off, the colours now correspond to my Photoshop and other apps.. so it should be okay when it comes to print
I just wanted to know if Print designers use specific CM settings?
- MX_OnD0
try printing a separation and a composite once with CM once without, compare the results.
your CM should NOT affect your CMYK values, only the RGB values used for the screen representation.
- nRIK0
alright, will do
- MX_OnD0
also NEVER export as PDF if you want to print it. Only create PDFs for print with Distiller.
- ifThenGo0
Colour Management is a big old headache but when you get it right it's a god send.
I got a full on workflow here using ColorSync. You need the correct profile for monitor, scanner, proofer, and finishing (printers output settings).
Then when you do test prints or client proofs they are near as damn it the same as the finished job.
- MX_OnD0
The simplest CM I know is one of the options in FH...
step 1 - draw 7 squares in a new document make the fills these:
100 C
100 C + 100 M
100 M
100 M + 100 Y
100 Y
100 Y + 100 C
100 C + 100 Y + 100 Mthen print it in composite.
this will igve you the actual colours your printer is capable of printing.Then in FH you go to preferences > colours > Adjust Display Colours here you can adjust the colours so they appear as close as possible to what you just printed this way what you see on screen should be close to what you will print...