Henry writes: Then as has been suggested in a recent post by Andrew Rodney - you convert from your CMYK tag or assumed workspace profile set-up in colour settings - to the profile for your inkjet, on

Hello, Need some suggestions. I came into work this morning I found that an image which I was working on last night is much darker than I remember. How long do I have to wait before the monitor is

hfdomke wrote: You can not extrapolate accurate RGB numbers from CMYK aim points. The numbers you cite are highly dependent on what RGB & CMYK workspace profiles you are using. I'm guessing that Dan's

Dan Margulis's writes on p. 23 and 24 in "Professional Photoshop 6" that for writing curves, the Highlight should be 5C2M2Y and the Shadow should probably be something like 80C70M70Y70K. This is

on 2/5/02 9:33 AM, Bob Smith at bob@... wrote: Yes plus should someone need to do a CMYK to CMYK conversion (for proofing), the original profile is still needed and will allow the new

Andrew Rodney wrote: After editing a file without regard to the preview (correcting by the numbers) the embedded profile is still correct in that accurately shows how the file will look on the device

on 2/5/02 3:56 AM, Dave Badger at dbadge@... wrote: The same can be said of CMYK. Picking a predefined CMYK space might work, might not. Without a tag, it¹s simply a guessing game. The

Hi all. I have been following this thread and after reading today's postings would like to comment. I am still *old school*. I haven't made the switch to Photoshop 6 (and what I read on this list

on 2/4/02 8:11 AM, Bob Smith at yahoo@... wrote: was The description of the numbers is still honored by the edit AND the tag is used if any further colorspace conversion takes place.

on 2/4/02 9:20 AM, Andrew Rodney wrote: True, but I was thinking in terms of we *have* to open RGB files in PS and convert to our shop output space. If it's untagged, and the operator so inclined,

Andrew Rodney wrote: Are you saying that it is impossible to change color spaces through ps edits which would invalidate the profile used for conversion? Jerry P'Simer

Andrew Rodney wrote: It does if someone does the editing by trying to achieve certain numbers rather than by relying on making the image look good on the monitor. I'm guessing that there are a lot

on 2/3/02 2:41 PM, Dave Badger at dbadge@... wrote: Receiving RGB files with or without a proper tag almost seem more straight forward You think? How come? You still don¹t have

John writes: Congratulations John - this is the fun part of the process, it's the final prints which often do not live up to the proof. I am not talking of separation or press error, just that

Not really - it is just gray balance which concerns me, if other conversions are taking place off the CMYK file if it has a tag (the tag is trusted). In a basic RGB > CMYK the gray balance is fine,

on 2/3/02 1:05 PM, Andrew Rodney wrote: Thank you for an extraordinary helpful response. Your "meaning of the numbers" approach is the only way I can mentally visualize what's happening in

on 2/2/02 11:59 PM, Stephen Marsh wrote: I apologize for not being more precise on that point and it caused a lot of confusion. The images with the "ColorPass-55.icc" profile were CMYK when

on 2/3/02 10:23 AM, Dave Badger at dbadge@... wrote: There are not that many programs that would tag the image with a profile. But none the less, you have two options: 1. Believe that

on 2/1/02 10:58 PM, Andrew Rodney wrote: You have to get to the bottom of why the images got so ugly. It makes no sense that viewing the tagged files looked good and then something happened to make

I just want to thank everyone on this list, although I have never posted, I read it well. I just got match prints from a job that I am very proud of, and looks like it will come out great. It was a