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Offline rschramm

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oversaturation/contrast with Tiff files..
« on: February 28, 2011, 09:57:05 AM »
Hey all,

Running PM 4.5.4 on Windows XP Pro.. and PS CS3....

Having a little problem that is most likely user error than anything else.. but I need to get it fixed. we convert all photos from RGB to CMYK and from .jpg to .tiff for the press..  When saving photos as .tiff files in photo mechanic they look very over contrasty and over saturated... when you drop it into PS, the photo looks normal...is there a fix to this? attached are examples of the same exact photo screen shots..  first one is the .tiff as seen in PM,  the second is the .jpg in PM and the third is both images side by side in PS.

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Re: oversaturation/contrast with Tiff files..
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 12:13:42 PM »
NO One has ever had this problem?

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Re: oversaturation/contrast with Tiff files..
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 01:18:18 PM »
The rendering of CMYK formats in PM is not as accurate as it is for RGB (whether sRGB or AdobeRGB or BruceRGB etc) when your monitor is properly calibrated.  This has to do with color managing CMYK to an RGB output device (your screen).  But you shouldn't worry as long as your printing program (e.g. Photoshop) is doing the right thing when it converts to CMYK, after all, CMYK is for printing and it should be targeted for a specific device, ink set, paper, etc.  The ability to proof print is on our long list of features to add, but we recommend you stick with a program like Photoshop that has a long history of dealing with printing and CMYK conversion.

IOW I wouldn't use a CMYK TIFF as a source file in PM to do a Save As because of this color management issue.  The CMYK TIFF file should be created by Photoshop (from the RGB JPEG and with all of the press settings known), and then it should be the end-of-the-line for that file.  Don't use that CMYK TIFF in PM to save an RGB JPEG for example.  Consider PM's view of CMYK files as "an approximation", not the final word on how it will look.

Its not clear exactly what your workflow is so excuse me if I made some silly assumptions...

HTH.

--dennis