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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

10/29/2005 10:34:04 PM · #1

In Photoshop what do you dudes and dudesess work with? RGB or CYMK?

Skid

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

10/29/2005 10:37:52 PM · #2

rgb

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

10/29/2005 10:40:07 PM · #3

CYMK = brochures, magazines, etc.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

10/29/2005 10:56:46 PM · #4

It depends on the output. If your output is for electronic viewing, e.g. the web, then use RGB. If you're starting from scratch and your output will be to print, then use CMYK (like faidoi hinted at).

However, if you're going to print a photo, don't convert it to CMYK - just leave it in RGB.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

10/29/2005 11:07:08 PM · #5

yep if it just for u on your montior or printer just use rgb, all monitors use rgb, cmyk is used for commercial printers (magazines, brochures stuff like ithat)

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

10/29/2005 11:18:45 PM · #6

Originally posted by digitalpins:

yep if it just for u on your montior or printer just use rgb, all monitors use rgb, cmyk is used for commercial printers (magazines, brochures stuff like ithat)

All printers (even consumer-level) use CYMK (that is, they use combinations of cyan, yellow, magenta, and black instead of RGB). Thus anything that is to be printed, and is started from scratch (not converted from RGB) should be done in CMYK.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

10/29/2005 11:21:05 PM · #7

So on my D70..I take a shot....put in PS. What should I do next if I want to print at home or at a lab?

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

10/29/2005 11:22:19 PM · #8

just leave it in rgb, only time it would need to be cmyk ios at a commercial printer for magazine or brochure use or more

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

10/29/2005 11:22:42 PM · #9

Originally posted by kenskid:

So on my D70..I take a shot....put in PS. What should I do next if I want to print at home or at a lab?

Crop to paper size.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

10/29/2005 11:24:07 PM · #10

Thanks...however...

CYMK wise...if I'm going to print should I start out with CYMK on screen?

Originally posted by faidoi:

Originally posted by kenskid:
So on my D70..I take a shot....put in PS. What should I do next if I want to print at home or at a lab?

Crop to paper size.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

10/29/2005 11:25:10 PM · #11

at home i leave in rgb and when i send it to snapfish for prints i leave them in rgb only when I use cmyk is when i take photos for work for the books i design cause we send them to commercial/professional printers

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

10/29/2005 11:31:13 PM · #12

Unless you really understand color management, and have set up a color-managed workflow, stick with sRGB. Most consumer printers (and the printers at most service bureaus) accept RBG input, not CMYK. CMYK is for press work. CMYK is also a much smaller color space than even sRGB.
Even when the final destination for your work will be a CMYK process, you may want to leave the conversion to the pre-press folks at your printing house, they understand how to convert to miniize color shifts. Do be aware that some very saturated colors cannot be replicated in CMYK and will shift.