Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Sebastien Sterling
..@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Sebastien Sterling > *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2016 5:39 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Softimage and CMYK > > > > The problem here is that the cmyk image already has a decoloration when I > bring t

RE: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Sven Constable
shift. PS displays it correctly. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 5:39 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK The problem here is

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Sebastien Sterling
The problem here is that the cmyk image already has a decoloration when I bring the .PDF into photoshop no matter what profiles I use there is still that basterding color shift. On 12 Feb 2016 15:50, "Jason S" wrote: > I found out when wanting to copy the lightness channel from the CMYK image > c

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Jason S
I found out when wanting to copy the lightness channel from the CMYK image converted to lab to paste it in an RGB ver, and saw that just converting all of it from there to RGB seemed to do the trick. Maybe because as lab works with a lightness channel, it d

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Jason S
You can have CMYK images in 16 or 32 too, but if your sources are 8 bit, it can be fine if there aren't too wide gradients or making wild corrects. But here's what seems to work, converting from CMYK -> Lab Color  seems to keep all levels as th

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Sebastien Sterling
I think it has to do with RGB being additive; adding all colors leads to white and CMYK being subtractive. adding all colors leads to black RGB has so many more colors, it must be like clamping the bit depth but not quite. at any rate you loose something going one way, so it is a destructive wor

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-12 Thread Jason S
It weird because if you take screenshot while in CMYK colorspace and paste in an RGB image, there you go, same blacklevels and everything as in CMYK but in RGB space. So would there be a way to "bake" color info from one colorspace to another?

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
ednesday, February 10, 2016 7:23 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Softimage and CMYK > > A very specific car, inside and out. :P > > On 10 February 2016 at 18:22, Sebastien Sterling < > sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> this feels li

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread peter_b
: Sebastien Sterling Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 7:23 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK A very specific car, inside and out. :P On 10 February 2016 at 18:22, Sebastien Sterling wrote: this feels like being asked to model a car with only the web as

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
m the >> client. >> as in: you’re saving their ass and they acknowledge this. otherwise this >> will come back and bite you in the end. >> >> good luck! >> >> *From:* Sebastien Sterling >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:46 PM >> *To:*

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
gt; *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:46 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Softimage and CMYK > > The blacks are off on pretty much everything I've had to interact with > thus far. they are wrong from the start, they where sent to us wrong,

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread peter_b
. otherwise this will come back and bite you in the end. good luck! From: Sebastien Sterling Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:46 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK The blacks are off on pretty much everything I've had to interact with thus far. they are

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
t;> creating those ultrablacks (if that is what’s going on) that you can turn >>> off - in illustrator or indesign or such (not PS). >>> Also, when there, and the files looks ‘normal’, you can simply try >>> ‘export for web’ as a png or jpg. >>> >>>

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread peter_b
S). Also, when there, and the files looks ‘normal’, you can simply try ‘export for web’ as a png or jpg. From: Sebastien Sterling Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 11:16 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK Could i approximate it ? in s

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
normal’, you can simply try >> ‘export for web’ as a png or jpg. >> >> >> >> *From:* Sebastien Sterling >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 11:16 PM >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> *Subject:* Re: Softimage and CMYK >> >> Could i approximat

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread Fabian Schnuer Gohde
l’, you can simply try ‘export > for web’ as a png or jpg. > > > > *From:* Sebastien Sterling > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 11:16 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Softimage and CMYK > > Could i approximate it ? in sRGB ? god but this i

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-10 Thread peter_b
’ as a png or jpg. From: Sebastien Sterling Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 11:16 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK Could i approximate it ? in sRGB ? god but this is a mess :( I don't think the client has any original sRGB artwork On 9 February 20

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
t which makes them unfit for other use. > You might be better off scanning/photographing printed artwork or physical > products or ... > > > *From:* Sven Constable > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 10:38 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* RE: Softimage and CMYK

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread peter_b
a certain printing effect which makes them unfit for other use. You might be better off scanning/photographing printed artwork or physical products or ... From: Sven Constable Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 10:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Softimage and CMYK Even I

RE: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sven Constable
oftimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 8:30 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage and CMYK Basically the client wants a pack shot of thirty or so products, so

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Stephen Davidson
>>> the reverse. or how to color correct it. >>> >>> On 9 February 2016 at 18:27, Sven Constable >>> wrote: >>> >>>> CMYK generally is not very well suited for 3d because rendering itself >>>> is RGB. When you convert textures i

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
t;>> 'relative colormetric' (color settings->conversion options). >>> >>> >>> >>> sven >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.co

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Rob Chapman
>> >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Sebastien >> Sterling >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 7:13 PM >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> *Subject:* Soft

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Rob Wuijster
todesk.com <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Softimage and CMYK Hey list, am working on a job with package assets art in CMYK. Soft won't display them. Does softimage not support CMYK ? Also, when you move from srgb to CMYK in photoshop there

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
>conversion options). > > > > sven > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Sebastien Sterling > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 09, 2016 7:13 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Su

RE: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sven Constable
oftimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 7:13 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Softimage and CMYK Hey list, am working on a job with package assets art in CMYK. Soft won't display them. Does softimage not support CMYK ? A

Re: Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Rob Wuijster
CMYK is for print. Just work with RGB, and have the print peeps properly convert it from CMYK. Or enter a world of hurt ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-2-2016 19:12, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Hey list, am working on a job with package assets art in CMYK. Soft won't display th

Softimage and CMYK

2016-02-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Hey list, am working on a job with package assets art in CMYK. Soft won't display them. Does softimage not support CMYK ? Also, when you move from srgb to CMYK in photoshop there is a color shift. is it possible to reverse this process ? Sorry for weird noobie questions, am not accustom to work