Colour relationship Photoshop -> Frame

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October 26, 2010
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In Photoshop I have created text with the colour # 336699.

In Frame, I have been through most colour definitions from the "Online" colour gallery and can find nothing close.

I have added the defintion one at a time, updated the selected text in Frame with the new colour, saved as a pdf, then viewed the pdf. (Anybody have a shorter way of doing this?)

Nothing comes close.

Advice?

Thanks.

TdeV

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Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Exactly how have you defined this colour in FM (model & components)?

What is your setting for the "GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK=" in your maker.ini file?

Which version of FM are you using?

How did you create the PDF (SaveAsPDF or printing to the AdobePDF printer instance) and which joboptions file did you specify?

TdeV1Author

Inspiring

First Arnis, thank you for your help. While I have used Frame for nearly 30 years, I have not previously been interested in colour printing to the web or a large colour printing to paper, both of which I now have to do. Hints about what to go and read where would be very appreciated.

>Exactly how have you defined this colour in FM (model & components)?
I’m not sure what this means. In the document View, Colour, Definitions, Colour Libraries, "Online", Select e.g.064- 3300FF, Add, Done. There is more I should be doing?

>What is your setting for the "GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK=" in your maker.ini file?
GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK=Printing

>Which version of FM are you using?
8.0p277

>How did you create the PDF (SaveAsPDF or printing to the AdobePDF printer instance) and which joboptions file did you specify?
From the File menu, Save as PDF
Acrobat Distiller=Default Settings (where do I go to read about what these choices mean?)

No idea where the joboptions file is.

Thanks,
Theresa

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

Theresa,

If you're going to print, then you should be using CMYK colours, but with FM8 this isn't a built-in capability (as is with FM9 - but still unreliable). If you are using only coloured text, then using a Pantone Spot colour would be a better choice, as the final colour is determined at the press by mixing the colour to a specific formula and is totally independent of whatever you see on screen. If you imported CMYK graphics, then unless they are EPS files, FM will convert those on output into RGB values.

Try setting GetLibraryColorRGBFromCMYK=None instead.

Find out from your print vendor what their requirements are for your job(s). Some have the capability of doing the RGB conversions for you and may also have a specific joboptions file configured for their worklfow. Otherwise, you may be looking at the need for post-processing your FM output using third-party tools to get the colours correct.

Colour output for press work from FM is one of it's weakest points.

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