On 8/11/04 13:31, matthew ward wrote: > Assuming you have a perfect monitor (Ho ho ho) you will see the > clipping or change occuring rather than it occuring on the fly, at the > end of the job rather than at the beginning.
Hi Matthew, Not necessarily, unfortunately, and more often than you are probably aware. There are so many colours from, say, a transparency scan that your monitor simply can't display. Ever wondered, when it came to printing, why detail appeared in the yellows of a file which didn't seem to be there before? You went back to the monitor and looked more closely and the detail still wasn't there? That's because the monitor simply couldn't display them and clipped all the data to the nearest colour it *could* display. Every now and then, try this: View > Proof Setup > Monitor RGB The image appearance changes. Then: View > Proof Setup > Custom > Uncheck 'Preserve Color Numbers' The image on screen returns to normal and you can now turn on Gamut Warning (View > Gamut Warning). GM will now show you all the colours in your file that your monitor cannot display. An interesting way of using Gamut Warning to keep tabs on what else could be lurking in that file... If there are listees who haven't visited http://www.chromix.com, please do so at your earliest convenience and download a trial of ColorThink. It's THE most useful colo(u)r utility around and will help everything drop into place. Best wishes, JL -- :: Jack Lowe Studio :: :: +44 (0)191 224 5150 :: =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
