Also, the extruded curve with stroke kinda worked, but it was challenging to get the details on top of that again to line up (I had some windows and a bar on top of the front element). ... View more

Thank you very much for your replies, @Andrew Yoole and @Mrtn Ritter! I'm making a series of animations that are meant to be very naivist and simple and cartoony; most of them are 2D, and I did a couple with some 3D layers just to add some perspective without spending a lot of time keyframing 2D shape paths. So the models don't need to be perfect, as they're only used for a single scene.   I haven't tried any external 3D modellers previously, but would you recommend one over the other if ease of use is important? I'd like to learn, but I'd also like to get results quickly 🙂  ... View more

Oops, I was logged in with my work account there. Thanks, @RobShultz, I will give your suggestion a try! ... View more

I've attached a quick image that illustrates the Illustrator design (not too savvy yet when it comes to the iPad version 😉 ... View more

Thanks, D Fosse​ - I think I have a better understanding of the concept now. I guess the real threshold here is accepting that the only way other people can see the photo exactly how you intended is for them to view it on your display or a print copy that you're happy with. Thanks again to everyone for sharing your insight! ... View more

Well, I'm certainly only slightly less confused now. Just a heads up: the following tests have been performed on my home system, with the Dell U2715H. NB, colourmanagement​ When I open the already exported jpg (sRGB) in PS and convert it to Adobe RGB - just like you said, it looks a lot closer to the original (TIFF open in PS on calibrated display) when I open it in the Windows Photos app, also on the calibrated display Also, regarding separate edits for print and web: do you mean making two completely separate versions, each edited from scratch, one tailored for specific printing hardware? I normally just do all the edits in one TIFF file and then export it to jpg/srgb for screen use and send the (flattened) TIFF to print. D Fosse​ I tried to illustrate the difference here, as per your suggestion, using the Windows Snipping Tool, which somehow captured the discrepancy better than a simple print screen. I don't understand why the Spyder would not be working as it should, though? EDIT: the difference between the two versions doesn't really translate too well in the uploaded screenshot - it's much more pronounced when I open the image in the Windows Photos app. Thanks again, for bearing with me. ... View more

Thanks for the detailed reply, NB. Actually, I don't think my monitor at home is technically a wide gamut (Dell u2715h), but the HP ZDisplay I use at work is, I guess. I'm seeing the same thing at home, though, so I've got a feeling that the fact that I've calibrated the monitor with a Spyder 5 Pro plays a part, whether the monitor is high gamut or not. This is why I'm concerned with what users with uncalibrated displays see in their end, and why I'm wondering if you could go so far as to make two completely separate edits if you want a photo for both online and print use? But, yeah, when I drag the Windows Photos App over to my uncalibrated display next to the ZDisplay, the colours revert to normal, so I suppose I'll just have to get used to the imminent shock of seeing it on the main display... PS! I'm not the OP, so I just used an existing thread rather than start a new one; the previous answer you referred to was a different user. Cheers ... View more

Hi. Just a follow-up to a topic that continues to confuse me. When I share a photo digitally, I always convert to srgb and embed the profile when I export to jpg, but when I open the image in the Windows default photo app, I'm freaked out every time, because shadow detail is almost non-existent and colours are over-saturated. If I move the app window to my second monitor, which is not calibrated, they look more like I intended. I find the whole thing kind of hard to come to terms with, but should I assume that whoever sees the photo on an uncalibrated monitor (or in a colour-managed app on a calibrated monitor) will see more or less what I intended? (Of course with the potentially huge variation between monitors and display settings - I just don't want my photo to stick out in a negative way.) I've always compared photo editing to mixing music on studio speakers, where the goal is to make the music sound good on all systems - but maybe this is a bad analogy? Should we use monitor calibration more for specific goals/targets? (print vs. web use, etc.?) Would it even be better to not calibrate the monitor if you want to get more of an approximation of what other viewers will see on their monitors? ... View more

Hey, thanks again for all the useful tips, guys! It seems like Luke Jennings​' idea to tick "Prefer PDF" did the trick! I created a new Illustrator file, made a circle, gave it a simple three-stop gradient, copied the object and pasted it into a new InDesign document. The result was exactly the same as before - the third colour (which was still blue) turned into black in ID, but when I changed the setting, the gradient looked the way it was supposed to! Thanks again, everyone - most helpful! ... View more

Hi, and thank you to everyone who has replied. I will upload some test files later today. I made sure that the Illustrator document was set to CMYK (unless there is anything more than simply setting this in the dialogue when you create the document?) Also, there's no transparency involved; to replicate the issue, i simply created a new document, created a circle and filled it with the gradient. I've synced my colour profiles across all CC apps. I'm running the latest CC version of both apps, on Windows 10. My home computer was already on the April update, but my work computer is installing that very update right now, and the problem first occurred at work, without that update installed . Thanks again, for taking the time, people! ... View more

This thing is driving me bonkers, and the worst part is that "preview on GPU/CPU" seems misleading, because the jagged lines are still there if I export to PSD. With "Anti-aliased artwork" checked in preferences, the difference between GPU/CPU preview are negligible. Checking/unchecking Document Raster Effects has no visible effect. I tried un-installing and re-installing, but the problem persists. Recreating the shapes with the pen tool in PS produces silky smooth curves in comparison. The image below illustrates the problem: ... View more