color profiles
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- JamesBoynton
I am working with indesign and photoshop and wondered if anyone had any idea on what i should set my colour profiles to? in photoshop i stick to working cmyk: us web coated (swop_V2). is there a better on to use? also in indesign what should i set it to there?
any tips would be great
cheers
James
- cacoe0
Sounds like you need to read up on what colour profiles are for...
- JamesBoynton0
cheers cacoe.
- mirrorball0
Are you in Europe or the US?
- Raniator0
Use Bridge, it will sync your colour setting across the whole suite.
I see your in the UK. Why are you using US?
But yeah, what cacao said.
- Raniator0
*cacoe
- JamesBoynton0
Ok, cheers guys, will take a look at it, i had a quick look but it didnt make too much sense... not sure why it using CS, its just how it was set up at work.
Thanks again guys.
- Raniator0
No worries!
Speak to your printer if nothing else, ask them what they would prefer you to use.
- waynepixel0
What Raniator said.
(Oct 30 07, 03:35)Your colour profile are there for converting from RGB to CMYK, that is why you need to find out what your printer is using. If you use a different colour profile to you printer, then you CMYK values are going to be all wrong, and the final print colours will be all over the place.
- ********0
Use the same color profiles for all your apps. The color is going to change anyway when you take it to print since you and your printer don't have the same equipment that's why you should always ask for a color proof.
- JamesBoynton0
Thanks for all the help guys, ive had a look at some sites and at the moment it just isnt sinking in, i will make sure i only use the same colour space across apps and try to look for a site that spells it out for dummies.
Waynepixel, when you say 'Your colour profile are there for converting from RGB to CMYK' is that simply how the CMYK looks on the RGB screen? or have i missed the point?
James
- waynepixel0
Waynepixel, when you say 'Your colour profile are there for converting from RGB to CMYK' is that simply how the CMYK looks on the RGB screen? or have i missed the point?
James
JamesBoynton
(Oct 31 07, 02:48)No mate that is Colour Collaboration.
When you work in Photoshop, you are mainly working in RGB. When you what that image to go to print, you convert that image to CMYK, right.
The colour profile is there to convert your colour space from RGB to CMYK correctly.
If you have some FTP space or anywhere I can upload too, I have a Lynda.com video that explains how this works.
- JamesBoynton0
Hey Wayne, tried to mail you at your pixelputty address but it just got returned. You got another addy?