Richard Kenwood wrote:- >I am sure you would >agree with me that since monitors are not able to show the whole of the >usual gamut's of CMYK, they cannot be the final arbiter on this
Quite right Richard , especially in the yellows....that's why I said 'qualified' judgements. We always look at the numbers too. >Obviously the better your monitor is at predicting the final results the >better for your workflow and your client's pocket. And of course our pockets ! >Interesting >comments from your repro. contacts! Working with the fine art company has been fascinating . We're hoping to incorporate the results of the research into the forthcoming Pic4Press standards. The resulting profiles will be placed in the public domain. > >This week saw the completion of a critical colour job for a world >respected name in the china world. This was from drum scanning, >through >CMYK conversion, corrections and on to 'contract proofs'. I would not >have dared to just rely on soft proofing to ensure that every colour was >being reproduced as correctly as possible and in the proper >relationship. Just had a similar experience ourselves where we measured the product with a spectro and used the numbers to check final corrections . In most cases , the visual judgements made on screen were amazingly accurate , and even on those that showed some anomalies we gained a great deal of time by using visual adjustments first .......not sure how true this statement will remain with the new(er) replace colour tool in Photoshop CS....another skillset gone ! >But then this was a colour critical job and it's great to >be able to control all the steps without having to rely on outside >sources, and suffer the ensuing delays and the inevitable compromises >involved. Yep. Regards, Bob Marchant. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
