Greyscale in INDD
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- usrper
Hi,
this is probably a nooby question but I forgot how to solve it.
I have a tiff that's in greyscale mode. When I drop it in indd the picture shows up much lighter/washed out.
Anyone has clue/solution to this?
Thanks in adv.
- fate0
Is overprint view helping?
- usrper0
hm no. its almost the same..
- fresnobob0
I don't know how much lighter it is, but keep in mind that indesign is doesn't always display things as they actually are...
- usrper0
its like, marginally lighter...
- Atkinson0
If I remember, when you print it it'll be fine. Try exporting to PDF and reviewing
- usrper0
the pdf also shows up light..
- nolovelost0
Change the Swatch Colour to make a rich black (20C-20M-20Y-100B), play with adding swatch to picture box or the actual link.
Also Grey scale mode is also awesome for creating duo-tone imagery
- ItalianStallion0
ICC?
- Atkinson0
make the image again, something to do with transparency?
- ian0
If you have the image in Indesign as a grayscale tiff, have you added a colour to the image in the box or is it black?
You can change the colour of grayscale tiff by selecting it with the white arrow, so if you've changed this withing realising (ie to a 75% gray etc) it would look lighter.
Another thing to look out for is the way Indesign and Acrobat display black. If you go to Indesign and Preferences then look for 'Appearance of Black'. You can change how blacks are displayed. 100K can look gray while 'Rich' black (black made from two or more colours) will look like black.
See if either of those helps.
- < THISmonospaced
- ok i tried neither of this is the solution. but its really helpful to know!usrper
- bored2death0
What color space are you previewing in?
- Miesfan0
ID doesn't have grayscale color management—placed grayscale files are color managed via the document's CMYK profile when Overprint Preview is turned on or when Proof Colors is turned on with Proof Setup set to Document CMYK. So, with Overprint turned on you are previewing how the grayscale will look on the black plate of a press printing to the profile you are using, (or the doc's CMYK profile).
The best way to get a preview match between ID and PS would be to set Coated Fogra27 as your grayscale profile in Photoshop. Color Settings>Working Spaces>Gray>Load Gray... choose Coated Fogra27 fro your profiles folder. You have to have More Option selected in Color Setting in order to have access to Load Gray.
- usrper0
wow thanks for all the helpful tips guys. This takes make back to old qbn :). I'm gonna go through them and see if it works.
Thanks again!
- usrper0
Hey Miesfan, my profiles folder seems to be empty.