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September 27, 2019
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setting for printing in Fresco

  • September 27, 2019
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How can I set the file to CMYK in Fresco?

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Correct answer sueg58667637

Hi YYZ.

 

Fresco only supports RGB and HSB color profiles.

 

Sue.

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Joely10623436
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 28, 2019

Why would you need CMYK in 2019? We're living in the age of «media neutral» workflows…

MollyzMom
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March 12, 2020

Book (print) publishing still requires CMYK.

OHWEB
Participating Frequently
October 12, 2024

My apologies. I thought you were saying that you need to use CMYK. I was saying that you need to use RGB especially for large format or photographic printing. So I think we're on the same side, just that I misunderstood you and because of that, you misunderstood me.


Ah, ok. I see 🙂
What I meant in that specific line you quoted was that if it was impossible to print anything properly *without* CMYK, then digital photography would be unprintable. And clearly it is not.
I guess a lot of people mix up color models, color spaces and color gamuts as if they were the same thing and decide that if some color can't be printed is because of the color model and not the color latitude of the medium.
The reality is quite simple: There are many RGB shades that can't be printed basically because CMY inks are imperfect. Specifically if producing perfect pure and saturated cyan and magenta inks was easy and cheap, we wouldn't be having this conversation and we all would be sending RGB to print shops happily. CMYK only exists for technical reasons, and because of CMYK gamut is so severely restricted we have to deal with its caveats. But that doesn't mean that we NEED to edit in CMYK mode, that only means that we need to be careful and use mechanisms to avoid exceeding the destination media gamut.
Fesco could use those mechanisms better than a dedicated CMYK mode.

Theresa J
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Community Expert
September 28, 2019

If you need a CMYK file you can export the document as a PSD and then open it in Photoshop to do the conversion. Here are directions https://community.adobe.com/t5/Fresco/How-about-moving-the-drawing-to-Photoshop/td-p/10635833.

However you might be better off letting your printer do the conversion. Check with them first.

sueg58667637Correct answer
Adobe Employee
September 27, 2019

Hi YYZ.

 

Fresco only supports RGB and HSB color profiles.

 

Sue.

OHWEB
Participating Frequently
December 29, 2020

Hi, would you mind being more specific? RGB and HSB are color models, not exactly profiles.
Fresco on Windows doesn't seem to have any mechanism to set color profiles (actually, I couldn't find any setting related to colour management at all).
Does it assume sRGB? Is it managed at all?