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Re: CM conversions was Re: [Digital BW] Quadtone RIP Faded print

2005-03-24 by Steve Kale

Err... So to be clear, your colour settings default intent is relative
colormetric?  Ie you use this for switching generally from say the scanner
profile to Adobe RGB or whatever your workspace is.   The reason I ask is
that I use relcol for general use and then perceptual for printing.


> From: Tyler Boley <tyler@...>

> Often I preview it both ways to decide. There are some situations one
> is definitely required, press proofing for example. With Eye-One RGB
> profiles, always perceptual as the relcol conversions looked bad, this
> may have been fixed with recent updates but I don't use it for color
> profiles anymore so can't say for sure.
> Color space and input profile conversions are always colormetric, even
> though PS appears to give you a perceptual option, it's an illusion.
> So it you are refering to the color settings pref, I believe it's only
> relevant to CMYK conversions since they are really output profiles.
> Tyler
>

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