[softwarelist] Re: colour corrections

On 30/11/06 3:05 pm, "Matthew Hambley" <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <C1948FA0.1CA03%akalat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>         Mike Williams <akalat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
>> 
>> As an aside to my previous reply, I recently read that a major magazine
>> publisher has now adopted an RGB workflow so maybe RISC OS is just ahead
>> of the game.
> 
> That sounds like lazynes on said magazines side.  RGB are the primary
> colours of transmissive mediums like monitors.  The traditional Red, Yellow
> and Blue you played with as a child are the primary colours for reflect
> mediums like the printed page.  Using RGB for something which is going to
> end up printed is likely to lead to problems.

Since it is a major magazine publisher I don't think it is laziness. The
whole workflow is calibrated and apparently working with artwork in RGB is
more intuitive and easier, hence quicker and more cost effective, than CMYK.
But it's only what I read.

Mike Williams
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