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bffilms

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:29 am    Post subject: Loading ICC Profiles Reply with quote

I'm trying to get my magazine ad to match the original as close as possible. The first ad I placed came back muddy and dark. So I had the magazine contact the printer they use to get an ICC profile for me that I could load as the working color space in photoshop to prepare my file. Im I doing the right thing here? Is my solution loading the same working color space as the printer and then prepare my file to get a more accurate print?
Assuming that this was my fix I installed the ICC profile they sent me and when I went to "Load" that profile from the "Color Settings" dialog window and surfed to the folder I saved the profile in it doesn't show up. At the bottom of the "Load" dialog window there is a "Files of Type" drop down arrow and the only two file types listed are .CSF and .PSP. No .ICC file type there. Im I going about this the wrong way?

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paladyn

Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're working with a commercial printer you should be working in CMYK. There is a completely different gamut of color available in CMYK and RGB, since they represent completely reciprocal color models (subtractive versus additive, reflective versus transmissive). It is not at all uncommon for a gorgeous image rendered in RGB to be flat and dull in CMYK.

Worry first about working in the correct color space for your target output device. Well, let me rephrase that. Worry first about profiling your monitor so that you can make effective use of Photoshop's soft proofing. Then be sure to work in the target color space. For more information, Google "photoshop color management." The subject is far too vast to be treated in a forum message. Or twelve. ;-)
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