My black & white photobook looks quite dull out of print. I think I am misunderstanding RGB → CMYK conversion. The process for me was RAW to TIFF to Scribus (open source publishing tool) to PDF/X-3. With this PDF format, if I understand correctly, the RGB to CMYK conversion is done by the printer, with certain settings contained in the colour Select all layers and embed into a smart object. Then convert to cmyk. The internal file will remain rgb, and it will convert according to your color settings to cmyk. kramdiw • 10 yr. ago. I'll try this, thanks! DigitalSuture • 10 yr. ago. best answer so far. [deleted] • 10 yr. ago. kramdiw • 10 yr. ago. If you understand the difference between RGB/CMYK and everything included in the links that I provided then you should not be surprised by the difference in conversion. There are no "exact settings" to squeeze an elephant into a compact automobile. Not all of the elephant will fit. What part of th When dealing with an uncharacterised space such as 'CMYK' or 'RGB' the only thing Ghostscript can do is use a generic profile. It uses a general purpose CMYK profile to convert the incoming CMYK into the CIE XYZ space (which is device-independent) and then a generic RGB profile to convert the CIE XYZ components into RGB. 1. It is very common to have rendering problems when dealing with CMYK and transparency effects, especially if the document also uses spot swatches. There are a few things you can try. First, if possible, set any spot colors to print as process. Then try to create a PDF/X-1 standard PDF. This can have unexpected results if the spot colors are I will attach a pdf I exported from the afdesign file and a screenshot from when I upload it to the newspaper and get an RGB warning. A friend who use Adobe Creative software was able to export the PDF without a RGB warning. So I know that Adobe software is able to change RGB transparency to CMYK. Can Affinity Designer? test2.pdf Any printers marketed as RGB printers are just using additional inks and/or more robust ICC profiles to make it seem like they handle RGB better. Whether or not an RGB file prints better than a CMYK file on this equipment is highly dependent on the device and any profiles/conversion models being employed. Do some output tests before you resign Thanks for reply I understand what RGB and CMYK is. Now I have already designed around 50 pages which follow RGB and want to give them for printing. Conversion makes them very ugly. It would be great if you let me know the exact settings so that differences are subtle. Thanks.and Regards, Sneha CmykColorHelper. Inheritance: java.lang.Object. Copy. public final class CmykColorHelper. Helper methods to work with CMYK color presented as a signed 32-bit integer value. Provides the similar API as the CmykColor struct. It’s more lightweight because CMYK color is presented just as Int32 rather than structure with internal fields. Run that fix and this color issue is gone. This is from a previous post on using Excel charts and converting RGB black: >Open PDF in Acrobat Pro and Convert Colors (under Print Production). >Set appropriate color conversion profile and check the Preserve Black and the Promote Gray to CMYK Black settings. 92CukAN.