On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:44 PM, yahvuu <yahvuu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Chris Mohler schrieb: >> I can express any CMYK color in RGB - but not the other way around. > > now i'm confused :) > > Is CMYK->RGB->CMYK roundtrip safe? Not really. What I was trying to say is that I send RGB proof images to my customers, even though the artwork is in CMYK - and they get a fairly honest representation of the final print. I do not actually convert from CMYK->RGB->CMYK though - just export RGB from the CMYK image. > >From past examples (trapping, rich black) i've come to think that > hand-optimized CMYK separations can't be transformed back > to RGB losslessly (quite opposite to gamut issues). Yeah - that will lead to problems. > Can some RGB color space be tricked to accommodate overprinting uses? On that I have no idea... Chris _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
