Color Management

I recently started a new position which has me doing some simple design work and printing these flyers on a Xerox Workcentre 7225. However, in printing, this work has become not so simple. I printed a set of flyers and the colors are coming out extremely saturated for both color in vector shapes and photos, especially compared to the files of the person who used to do this. She used InDesign CS3 and I am using Illustrator CC 2015 in Windows 10.I calibrated the printer, still the same issue. I printed one of the company's old PDFs to compare to a hard copy laying around and it matches, so the issue is somewhere in my Adobe settings.• I checked color profiles in Acrobat Output Preview and both are showing as US Web Coated SWOP v2.• I tried recreating the document I made in Illustrator in InDesign for images to retain RGB information• I tried using RGB spot colors in a CMYK document as the previous person had (which wouldn't explain the variation in photos)• I brought both the old PDF and

Hi there,Apologies for ignorance in advance.I have been asked by my printer to provide them with a "raw" PDF with an RGB colour profile and a PDF/X-3:2002 preset. "The recommended color profile is RGB. It is no use sending us a CMYK profile for color control purposes. When we process your (raw) PDF to a print-ready PDF, we will need to add margins and bleed based on the specifications of the facility that is closest to the recipient. This means we have to translate the color profile to CMYK again, losing the benefits of sending us CMYK in the first place."However, my document is set up with "print" intent in InDesign and I am clueless about how to export an RGB PDF. Can anyone with patience help me out here instead of shooting me down as a clueless newbie?

Assigning color profiles is a permanent/destructive action? I mean, is it possible to change a color profile with no permanent changes in the original file?

I have an old Mac Pro and LaCie 321 monitor. I am now looking to upgrade, but would like feedback and suggestion. I am not a fan of big monitors I prefer monitors from 20 inches to 24 inches. I have an Epson 3880 printer to print my fine art and used commercial printers for my illustrations. I used illustrator/Photoshop and Affinity Designer/Affinity Photo applications.Should I get Apple new iMac 21 inches Retina to go with EIZO CX241 or BenQ PG2401PT Pro 24?OrMacBook Pro 15 inches Retina to go with EIZO CX241 or BenQ PG2401PT Pro 24? The problem is that I carry my laptop around with me and I can concern about the cables that will be kept plugging in and unplugging to the second monitor for colour work either Eizo or BenQ.I am not sure if the iMac or laptop will make any different with with Eizo or BenQ monitor? Kind RegardsSimon

Hi All,We have an Epson P8000 and i can not get them to show in CC, these work just fine on CS6. All the macs are running El Capitan 10.11.2, profiles installed to the same directory, just makes no sense why they do not work. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make these work?I have read that putting the profiles in Library > Application Support > Adobe > Color > Profiles .... nope it didnt!Please help!!!

Hello! I have had the hardest time trying to understand an easy way I can print bright colors like the ones on this logo I designed. I need to get the correct files over to my client but the CMYK version just sucks! Does anyone know of any solution where I can print this logo with these exact colors? This here is the RGB color version. There just has to be a way. Many Thanks,Team RGB

Hello,Im a photographer and recently switched to CC, as well as a new iMac, I had everything set up just fine on the other computer, now I'm having issues with the color on my images, it seems that the color is completely off when sharing images on my blog/facebook or even printing, its not the same color I see on my screen. Im a bit confused as far as how to solve this issue.Any advice will be greatly appreciated!Delfina

Hi there,I am having colour profile troubles. The swatches in my PANTONE book do not match what I am seeing on screen. I am running Illustrator CS6. My colour synchronisation in Bridge is set to North American General Purpose 2 across all my Adobe Creative Suite programs (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator). Not sure if this is correct colour profile??  Just need to know how to fix colour settings so that my PANTONE swatches on screen reflect what is in the PANTON book. Can someone please help me????

Hi everyone,Just a quick question i would like to run past you.If im exporting my images to PDF from InDesign to send to a printer in a certain CMYK colour profile, should the rest of the Adobe applications be set to this profile as well for consistency?If you need any clarification please feel free to ask me.Thank you

I have profiled a 7-col printer with i1pro as rgb-printer.I have recently tested i1pro 2 and possibility to make M1 and M2 -profiles with filtered UV-area.Basic problem is that icc profile converts 0/0/0 black to a little bit greenish.In M0 profile , black conversion with relative bpc on will produce (srgb 0/0/0 >  6/5/0 to printer profile)M2 makes the best conversion from 0/0/0 > 0/1/0, probably because optical brighteners makes it look too blue on spectrophotometer.Still, since linearizing of printer is rather limited and near best black (0/0/0) in printer there is easyli a greenish cast on dark areas.It would be important that profile would convert 0/0/0 to 0/0/0 since it is visually the strongest black.Is there any way to modify black point in profile side ? Or any other way ?Tommi

I've been using PS since ver 5.0 (not CS5, heh), but mostly as a web designer. I've made a switch to photography and retouching since then, and I mostly publish on the web, so sRGB is my go-to color space.Recently, I've bought the new Dell XPS 15 (9550), which boasts 100% Adobe RGB coverage, which is pretty sick for a laptop screen. So I've bought it, and grabbed the i1Display Pro to go along and to calibrate/profile my monitor.I'm super happy with the screen, it has really nice saturated colors and when I look at images on it and compare it to another laptop, it's night and day. However, I have an issue in my workflow now, especially since I'm a newbie regarding color management.I've noticed a problem when I was looking at a picture attachment in my browser (Chrome) - when I clicked on it and it opened a preview of the image inside of gmail, the colors looked flat and boring. When I downloaded the  jpg image and just opened it in the Photos app (I'm on Win10), the colors looked l

Hi and thank you for your help. I have a client who has a very clear idea of the colours he would like for his logo:RGB: 137/150/150 (HEX 899696)RGB: 09/212/04 (HEX 09D404)I've developed the logo, everyone's happy, and am trying to get the colours EXACTLY right. Each time I create a new swatch and apply it in Illustrator, the green reverts to another RGB and HEX. Some random number and green. I've ticked spot color and Web Save RGB and Global and still, nothing. I've worked with CS since CS2 and am now using CS6 via creative cloud. This is my first time using a Mac to design and I am getting really frustrated. I've never had this issue before. Any advice is most appreciated. Thank you. I really need to get these colours right. How do I enter in my RBG values and keep 'em!?

HelloI hope you guys can help me out on this one. I have a new Roland RT640 Dye Sublimation printer which rums CMYK Lc Lm Orange and Violet. Although the standard prints do look more vivid with the 8 colour set up, I feel I should be able to enhance the images to bring out more of the Or and Vi inks. As I understand it, my Adobe software will currently be displaying my images using standard RGB profiles on my monitor which is not calibrated. That's fine. What I want to do is check the colour gamut using one of my printer icc profiles. So if I use a standard CMYK profile and the image doesn't trigger any gamut warnings, that is how it will print - all colours within gamut. I have a piece of artwork that has a lot of orange and violet/blue that would also show as 'in gamut'. What I'd like to do is apply a CMYK Lc Lm Or  Vi icc profile and increase the colours up until they are on the gamut limit. I hope that makes sense. It seems that even when we are printing with Or and Vi those i

Hello - I have a question about color settings, I might be missing something.  I'm using Adobe Illustrator CC and I have a blue background in one document that prints out fine.  In another document I have the same blue background and it prints out more on the purple end. Here is what I've tried: Double checked all of my color settings in each document (edit: color settings, assign profile, document color mode, CMYK build, appearance) both settings are a complete match in my files. When I copy and paste the background from the "bad file" into the "good file" it prints as intended. When I copy and paste the "good file" into the "bad file" it proceeds to print out purple rather than blue. I'm thinking that there is a setting somewhere that is throwing it off in the "bad" file but I'm out of places to look...Any input, suggestions, questions you want to ask let me know. thanks

We are having problems maintaining color consistency for digital output (as well as color shifts on proofs) due to the recent CS6 Pantone Plus color library update.We have had to remove the updated libraries and replace them with the previous versions due to the unexpected color differences on output.Has anyone else been having problems with the Plus update?Is there a good explanation of why it was changed in the first place? We want to make sure we're not missing a good reason for the revised color libraries.Chuck

Hi all,Is there a way to definitively confirm if a printer uses an RGB or CMYK profile? (reason for custom profile calibration)My own printer in question is an HP color laser CP1515n,but I would like to knowin general if its possible to find an answer via windows printer driver info or maybe a 3rd party application?Thanks in advance

I copied these diagrams from the program called Color Space ...Can be downloaded from here: COULEUR.ORGI think that it draws spectral locus on xyY by just plotting matching x, y and Y values for every interval of monochromatic lights on the spectrum ... just like we draw the locus line in XYZ by plotting matching tristimulus values X, Y and Z.Because the underlying data for the most saturated colors human can see is CIE XYZ color matching functions, I think that we can draw the line of spectral locus in every model originated from CIE XYZ by just making necessary transformations to the XYZ tristimulus values for the intended model.3D representation of the entire human gamut is more tricky, I think. I will ask about it, after getting your confirmation about the spectrum locus.

Hi All,I have few BASIC Questions on converting RGB to CMYK  in Photoshop and Illustrator. Hope could get some professional insights here.1, Are all the DTG printers set only in CMYK color mode ?2, If there is no difference after viewing RGB image with 'Gamaut Warning' (Photoshop),  Does that mean I'll have the exact print result as monitor view ?and Basically no need for CMYK conversion  ?3, Please list some the most effective way to convert RGB to CMYK, and keep the final CMYK color result as close as the RGB.4, when I simply convert one RGB image to CMYK color, why Ps/AI don't allow me to save as PNG file ?( I save the file as PDF, but I cannot edit this PDF using apple preview app  )5, compare Photoshop to Illustrator, which one result better final CMYK color image ?

I am going insane in my attempt to keep consistent color management through all areas. Everything was fine, color was great, prints were matched to calbration, monitor calibrated, and then....I rebooted the computer since I hadn't done so for a week, and when I restarted Bridge, and Lightroom (yields same results), the color immediately drains from the photos. Similar to the screenshot, however when I initially created this screenshot, Bridge was still accepting the color. Now, the desaturation exists in all Adobe programs. (PS CS5, camera raw, bridge , lightroom 3.  I feel like I'm going in circles here. I have no clue what could have changed with the reboot. One thing I have noticed is that in Window before a photo image is generated in a folder is shows as a paint pallette. And, when asked in Windows Color Management of the program I would like to use to install a profile, I am give Microsoft Color Management System (which to my understanding is designed for Vista or XP). Tried

designer copies & pastes a rectangle, that has a gradient fill, from one file to many new files. each time the gradient color changes. not a lot- but enough to make a red turn orange. i have not personally witnessed the c & p, but i have checked the colors on the gradient sliders & they are different. can this be possible? or am i being punked? any help will be greatly appreciated!

I'm fairly new to photography, got a G3 in December 2011. Had nothing  but compacts prior. Bought Lightroom 4 and started shooting RAW a year  ago. Upgraded to a G5 last fall and just upgraded to Lightroom 5. I  shoot family and vacation photos, and in particular a lot of photos of  our toddler. I export to JPEG on a shared drive which I stream to a  couple of HDTVs for viewing. I rarely print, and if I do, it's to frame a  photo that came out particularly well at 4x6 or 5x7 or to stick it on  the fridge. In short, it's all personal / hobby, nothing professional /  paid / critical, although I like to do the best job I can with my  limited skill set. Historically I've been using my desktop PC w/ 23" 72% NTSC matte IPS  monitor calibrated with Spyder4Pro and it's been fine.  However, life  changes when the baby starts walking, and I no longer have the time to  camp out in the basement developing photos. After getting furth

I use color Spyder4 studio. I used it to profile all my monitors and laptop.All seem to now have a greeish tint. In the last dialogue where one previews a grid of images, I see that b/w images definately look greenish.I tried profiling again, this time cleaning the surfaces very clean, still see the same issue, but a bit better. Well, more cleaning cannot help further, it is clean at best Anyone has any idea, what could be going wrong? Anyone else facing similar issues?Specs:Dell Monitor 2420LDell laptop XT2Spyder4 studio

I've read the color management posts and the Adobe help file regarding the Pantone + libraries and the new differences between CS5 & 6. However I'm still a bit confused as to just what my settings should be, and a few posts offer different pieces of advice, so I'm looking for clarification. I don't need to work with legacy CS files, so I don't want to swap out the old Pantone libraries for the Plus ones. However I still have my old Pantone Solid, Coated and Uncoated swatchbooks and until I can afford the new Plus swatchbooks, I'll depend on those. I'm hoping the difference between Pantone 321U and Pantone+ 321 is not great.If I'm preparing a file for print and to be placed into an InDesign CS6 document for print, I know both document color modes should be CMYK—got that. In Illustrator CS6, I'm assuming I would use a Pantone+ Uncoated swatch (remember I'm using the old Pantone Uncoated swatch book as a visual guide and praying that the difference isn't too noticeable.)1. In the Swat

Hi! I apologize in advance if my qestion is too simple for this forum however I cannot find the basic answer:What means exactly the option "Monitor RGB" in proofing list of profiles (Adobe CS6 ext) ???Thanks for help!Marek

Starting from scratch for a client, how do I select matching RGB and CMYK pairs?Say we find a nice red colour in RGB for screen use, how do I then find the correct CMYK for print? And what assumptions do I have to make when doing this, if any?Would it be the same for the other way around (choose CMYK first for print and then find the RGB equivalent) Is it more sensible to start with a Pantone colour and then find the RGB and CMYK equivalents for that?Many thanksRobbieG(I'm working with Ai, Ps and Id CS6)