Package document and change to CMYK

[defaultjjp95b90a0fh]

Hi,

I have finished an A5 booklet. My printer requests that I package everything from Indesign and they also want all images in CMYK. I have read several discussions and watched videos but still cannot find a way to do this. All my images are RGB. I know I can export a PDF and use this export to change the images but I have been unable to find anything similar in the package function that will also change the images. I get a warning triangle that the images are RGB but no way of changing them.

I have spoken to my printer who suggested using assign profiles but this seems to do nothing. 

Any help with this appreciated.

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[BobLevine]

Best advice I can give you is to find another printer. This is totally unnecessary.

Any modern printer would request a PDF exported to PDF/X-4 with properly tagged RGB images.

[defaultjjp95b90a0fh]

Yes thats one option. 

What do you mean by properly tagged images?

thanks

[rob day]

Hi @defaultjjp95b90a0fh , Make sure all of the linked RGB images have an embedded RGB color profile--with the image selected check the Link info panel. Also turn on Overprint preview to soft proof the RGB color in your document's assigned CMYK space.

[defaultjjp95b90a0fh]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the proofing tip - thats very useful.

[rob day]

Also, if you place an RGB image with no embedded profile, it gets the InDesign document's assigned RGB profile, and will preview and export to the PDF/X-4 preset using that assigned profile. Link Info will list the image's profile as Document RGB. The PDF/X-4 Standard forces all RGB color to include an embedded profile.

[Mike Witherell · Accepted solution]

Properly tagged implies that all your RGB images have been through Photoshop; saved with an ICC color profile; then placed in InDesign (which should also already be set to the same color settings .CSF as Photoshop).

[defaultjjp95b90a0fh]

Ok Thanks.

I missed this step completely. Will remember next time.

Just dragged the images from Aperture ( yes Aperture).

I have done this before and it worked fine.