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Linked BMP file, B&W Colorspace, Indesign preflight thinks it's CMYK?

Engaged ,
Feb 15, 2017 Feb 15, 2017

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Hello,

I setup a preflight profile to warn me if CMYK colorspace is used in the document.

I have a linked BMP file which shows this under info:

Screenshot 2017-02-15 22.53.25.png

My preflight window is saying this:

Screenshot 2017-02-15 22.54.40.png

My preflight settings for color space is:

Screenshot 2017-02-15 22.55.53.png

Is there anything I can do to fix this?


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Community Expert , Feb 16, 2017 Feb 16, 2017

Is there anything I can do to fix this?

A Black & White (1-color) bitmap can be assigned any color and by default it gets assigned the [Black] swatch when it's placed. The [Black] swatch is a CMYK color when the document intent is Print. If you assign an RGB color the bitmap will pass your preflight rule. If you set a document's intent to Web the default [Black] swatch is set as RGB:

Screen Shot 2017-02-16 at 7.45.28 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-02-16 at 7.40.40 AM.png

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Feb 16, 2017 Feb 16, 2017

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You might want to post the .BMP file for us to examine.

But assuming that the .BMP file is really “Black & White” what color space do you think it should be in?

And exactly why do you have restrictions against CMYK?

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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Is there anything I can do to fix this?

A Black & White (1-color) bitmap can be assigned any color and by default it gets assigned the [Black] swatch when it's placed. The [Black] swatch is a CMYK color when the document intent is Print. If you assign an RGB color the bitmap will pass your preflight rule. If you set a document's intent to Web the default [Black] swatch is set as RGB:

Screen Shot 2017-02-16 at 7.45.28 AM.png

Screen Shot 2017-02-16 at 7.40.40 AM.png

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Feb 16, 2017 Feb 16, 2017

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Thank you Dov and Rob for your help, I really appreciate it!

Rob, thank you for the answer!

I wish I had created my template with intent of web from the start. I'm looking to see if there's a way to change that now.

Thanks again!!!

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Feb 16, 2017 Feb 16, 2017

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mickyhulse  wrote

I wish I had created my template with intent of web from the start. I'm looking to see if there's a way to change that now.

So, that was easy. I just had to switch the intent under Document Setup.

Interestingly, I had to dow this twice, back and forth, in order for the default black swatch to change to RGB.

I also turned off preview as that affected my layout as the page size changed during the transition. By having preview off, I was able to match my page size from inches to pixels upon the conversion and I was able to avoid any changes in the positioning of my page elements.

Thanks again!

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I also turned off preview as that affected my layout as the page size changed during the transition

Sounds like you have a bleed set.

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