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# Yeah, my tutors have been grilling us about CMYK for a while now.
I do get it, it's just not too much of a problem for me, being able to instantly switch modes in Photoshop, etc.

I better go to bed now, gotta be up SO early D: thanks for the advice, and see you later! :D
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Tue 31 Jan 2012, 1:34, archived)
# haha
yeah photoshop can help, but even photoshop's just using one or another mapping - no idea what, since i don't have photoshop. i'm using whatever it is epson put on my computer along with the printer drivers, since i work with gimp (which is *STILL* motherfucking rgb only, which is obviously why it's "professional standard" yes, fat linux nerds, it's *totally* professional so long as you don't care about, you know, usability, or features, or semi-professional colour-spaces, or useability, or a non-shitty UI, or useability, or..... ahem) but there a quite a few journals insist i provide them with figures in cmyk, most likely so that i'm liable for any colour problems.

as for advice, i don't know how helpful any is but anything i can offer i'm happy to :)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Tue 31 Jan 2012, 1:41, archived)
# I used to do the in-house design work at a printers. Honest. I know I only post junk here.
When it comes to offset lithographic printing, it's REALLY important to understand the difference between CMYK and RGB.
One small example - when you convert from RGB to CMYK, the 'black' will be made up of all 4 colours, which can lead to all sorts of nightmares with registration.
And switching back and forth will make your colours all mushy and inaccurate.
Beware.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Tue 31 Jan 2012, 1:44, archived)