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Work with CMYK images in Photoshop

Work with CMYK images in Photoshop - InDesign Tutorial

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Work with CMYK images in Photoshop

- Okay, so even though you want to use RGB images as much as possible, sooner or later you're bound to be working with a CMYK image in Photoshop, like this one. You can see that it's CMYK up here in the title bar. Now, I showed you how to properly convert RGB images to CMYK in an earlier chapter, when I talked about the convert to profile feature and using perceptual intent and stuff like that. And by now, you know that you're not just converting. You're actually targeting a specific CMYK output, like a printing press, or your Inkjet printer, or some output standard like GRACoL, or FOGRA or SWAP. That sounds kind of like a breakfast cereal, doesn't it? GRACoL, FOGRA, or SWAP. Anyway, this image has already been targeted, and we can see where it has been targeted down here in the lower left corner. It's using something called ISO Uncoated Yellowish, whatever that is. If you don't see the profile down here, you'll have to click on this little triangle and click Document Profile. Now…

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