Save As or Export As

Hi there,

In my opinion always is depend what do you want to do with the file, but generally speaking

Keep the file in RGB (like Derek says), if you want to place those files into InDesign or Illustrator place the files in RGB mode and from there you can convert an RGB or CMYK PDF.

But first we ned to know what do you do with your images?

Do you print?

Do you save for web?

Do you place the images in to InDesign or Illustrator?

Regards

Eugenio

Stay in the color mode, RBG, there's no point in converting to CMYK, you loose about a third of your color information.

If you're printing to a high end inkjet printer (such as a one with CMYKplus) you use the printer's software to convert to CMYK+ and you'll get a much wider gamut. For commercial litho printing, where you might place the image in an InDesign document, you use (unless you've been given a different spec by your printer) a PDF and select PDF/X-4 to do the conversion from RGB to CMYK.

The key thing is knowing which CMYK to convert to. There are many different ones.

Once you've converted, use Save, not Export. Adobe don’t tell you this but Export is only for web graphics - so it will remove resolution and convert back to RGB...

With your crooked workflow it doesn't matter. Any conversion to CMYK first and foremost requires to work with proper color management, which is clearly not the case with what you do. You have to educate yourself about this stuff. Just arbitrarily mangling your images through a profile conversion doesn't constitute CM. Hence the color shifts. No quick fixes here, you really have to read up.

Mylenium