CMYK question
CMYK question
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- fadein110
Having looked at my proof again I think that shift is acceptable - as would be expected from a CMYK file.
I was an idiot and showed the client my original ideas in RGB which were obvs way more vibrant. Something I wouldn't have done if I did print stuff a lot.
Annoying as the vibrancy of the colours were probably why he liked the original concept.
But as I say the proof looks decent (never going to get screen vibrancy in print).
Thanks all.
- As you know, there's a difference between 100% K black, and a "rich" black that has CMY added to it. That's what the PDF is showing.monospaced
- There are settings in ID and AI to "display and output all blacks as rich black" but it doesn't always work as expected.monospaced
- Once you go rich black, you never go back, unless you need to because its throwing its dummy when converted back to RGB.detritus
- But it looks fine in ID on screen - it's only in the PDF in Finder or Preview that it doesn't. Is there a rich black option when creating the PDF - I cannot seefadein11
- onefadein11
- Just looked and ID is set up to output as rich black. the plot thickens.fadein11
- exactly ... Finder is somehow overriding this?monospaced
- ah I hope so. Bit nerve racking when your PDF looks like a limp biscuit compared to the app preview.fadein11
- if you export that CMYK file as RGB, it comes out "rich" blackmonospaced