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6 hours ago
Ahh, I see. Then here's my final question: If the printers prepress team is viewing different files on their monitors, converted to different profiles based on the clients paper specs etc, wouldn't they need the profile to view it accurately? Or perhaps they don't care how it looks on their screen, and they just assume that the client chose all the right settings for whatever printing equipment it's set to run on?
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7 hours ago
7 hours ago
You've been super helpful. Thank you so much! That all is making a lot of sense. Since it seems important to included color profiles when moving files between applications and hardware, why would the printer specify that if the document is in the correct color space already to select "No Color Conversion" and "Don't Include Profiles" from the InDesign export settings?
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9 hours ago
Awesome, I will thanks! If I convert the illustrations to grayscale with a CMYK profile in Photoshop, and then place those illustraitons into InDesign, technically the file would already be in the correct color space and I would not need to convert on export again from InDesign? ie I could select "No Color Conversion" in InDesign? And I'm still just curious. I don't understand why the Dot Gain 20% profile would display lighter on screen than the 25% profile. Isn't is supposed to be the opposite?
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10 hours ago
Loading a CMYK profile as the gray space is a great tip. Didn't know you could do that. I keep asking for a profile though and they have said multiple times that no profile is neede for grayscale. For the cover they mentioned the two in my original post (Fogra 39 and Gracol 2006). Then they have a document that says to output from InDesing to U.S. WEB COAT (SWOP) v.2 if the document is not already setup for the correct color space. But that is for coated paper. How do I account for Dot Gain if they won't provide a profile for uncoated paper? Also, I would really like to know why the Dot Gain 20% profile looks lighter on screen than the Dot Gain 25% profile. Thanks!
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11 hours ago
Also forgot to mention that I am editing the images in Photoshop. Book layout is in InDesign.
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11 hours ago
Sorry, need help ASAP. I designed a book with 20 digital pencil illustrations. I have a hardware calibrated BenQ monitor. Sheridan (the Printer) specifies that for black only printing, all images should be converted to grayscale. Makes sense. They also specify the expected Dot Gain for uncoated stock on a Web Press is 25-27%. Ok cool. However, when I ask about grayscale profiles for 1) converting images to grayscale and 2) soft proofing the images on screen, they just keep answering that no profiles are needed for grayscale. To my knowledge, you cannot convert an image or even view an image without a profile. If a custom one is not selected, Photoshop will use the default profile. Which in my case is Dot Gain 20%. I don't know if I'm thinking about it all wrong, but here are my questions. PS, if you didn't guess yet, I have never printed a book interior in single color black only: What is the best way to convert sRGB illustrations to grayscale for offset web press printing on uncoated stock? I want to prevent the images from darkening too much and losing the fine tone/texture detail in my digital pencil drawings. I tried converting with Dot Gain 20%. It makes the images appear lighter on screen. I tried Dot Gain 25% and it make the images appear darker on screen than the 20% profile. Shouldn't the 25% profile appear lighter on screen than the 20% profile because it is compensating for more dot gain? The on screen effect is the opposite of what I expected. Are Dot Gain profiles even still used in a modern printing workflow? I read on a post here that using just the K channel in CMYK is better for modern workflows. For cover printing, when I asked about color printer profiles Sheridan recommended Coated FOGRA 39. On one of their documents they recommend GRACoL2006_Coated1v2.icc. And on another document for exporting to PDF they recommend U.S. WEB COAT (SWOP) v.2 if the document is not already setup for the correct color space. Are they trying to be confusing or are these profile so similar that it wouldn't matter a whole lot? In the end, I just need to know how to ensure that my illustrations will print nicely on uncoated paper. How can I do this. Is it possible to soft proof for this on screen.
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‎Feb 08, 2019
05:43 PM
Oh right the metadata was written into the file, makes sense it would apply the same edits. And yes there was another copy I had missed, so Lightroom was correct in thinking it was a duplicate. Thanks Again!
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‎Feb 08, 2019
01:57 PM
I purged the cache and reset the preference file as you recommended. Edits on jpgs and tiffs from Lightroom now show up in Bridge as expected and the "Open in camera raw" is now available. However the original file (in both jpg and tiff versions) that I did my initial testing with, still does not work correctly. I guess that file is corrupted. If I try to save a new file from that corrupted file, then import it into Lightroom it applies the already existing edits on the original corrupted file, no matter what new name I give it or type of file format I save it in. Also, if I remove the original corrupted file from Lightroom and try to add it again, it thinks it is a duplicate. I reset the preferences and purged the cache from Lightroom as well, but that did not fix the problem for that specific file. Any ideas? If not thanks for the help!
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‎Feb 07, 2019
04:59 PM
I also tried working with a jpg and tiff as a test. The jpg immediately updated in bridge to reflect my edits in Lightroom as soon as I "saved metadata to file." The tiff did not though. Also, I don't see an option to open the tiff in camera raw when I right click on it in Bridge. My camera raw settings are the same as in Johan's screen grab. So are jpgs the only file type that allow you to see Lightroom edits in other adobe apps? Are there any lossless file types that would do the same?
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‎Feb 07, 2019
03:14 PM
Thank you both for the tips. I am working with PSD files, but looks like those cannot be opened in camera raw… To clarify, If I make edits in Lightroom and save the metadata to the file, it is impossible to see those edits in another adobe program without exporting a new file with the edits baked in. Is that correct? In that case I guess I had misinterpreted what I read about setting up a workflow between Lightroom and Photoshop…
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‎Feb 07, 2019
02:27 PM
I am using Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2019 (monthly subscription) with everything up to date. My problem is that none of the edits I make in Lightroom are showing in other Adobe programs such as Photoshop or Bridge. I have checked the box in Lightroom --> Catalog Settings --> Metadata, "automatically write changes into Metadata" and I have tried manually writing metadata to files with edits by right clicking and selecting that option. I have restarted the programs and attempted different types of light, color transformation corrections in Lightroom (each time writing the metadata to the file) but none show in other Adobe programs. What am I doing wrong? If anyone can help I would be very grateful. Thanks, Michael
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