Placing images from Photoshop 7.0

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Apr 6, 2004
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When I place images saved in CMYK into PageMaker they seem to look like a different color than what I originally created them in, why?
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n8 skow
Apr 7, 2004
Check the Pagemaker user guide on the CMS (Color Management System) Also, Pagemaker only displays 8-bit previews (256 colors).

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When I place images saved in CMYK into PageMaker they seem to look like a different color than what I originally created them in, why?
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hoffmann
Apr 7, 2004
(JJ Rivas) wrote in message news:…
When I place images saved in CMYK into PageMaker they seem to look like a different color than what I originally created them in, why?

CMYK images are shown by PM in reasonable quality if Color Management is enabled (with correct parameters):
http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/colorman12032002.pdf

Further questions were recently discussed:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?7@101.6gIxcSGRh8W.4@ .2ccd96d6/58

Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann
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tacitr
Apr 7, 2004
When I place images saved in CMYK into PageMaker they seem to look like a different color than what I originally created them in, why?

Because when you place an image in a page layou program, the image that you see on your screen is a crude preview. it is intended to help you place the image on the page; it is *not* intended to show you color or show you the exact image in high resolution. What you see on your screen is only there for your convenience. It does not and will not look like the actual high-resolution output.

Newer versions of PageMaker contain a built-in color management engine. If you enable it, *and* you properly calibrate and profile your computer monitor, what you will see on the screen will be a lot closer to reality. It still won’t be perfect, and it slows down the process o placing images in PageMaker; for that reason, I don’t bother with it.

Don’t rely on what you see in a page layout program for color; that’s what Photoshop is for! If you really need to know exactly what the page will look like on press, you need to get a contract proof (such as a MatchPrint or a DuPont Waterproof) made.

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mohamed_al_dabbagh
Apr 11, 2004
(Tacit) wrote in message news:…

Don’t rely on what you see in a page layout program for color; that’s what Photoshop is for! If you really need to know exactly what the page will look

This is not very true in case of Adobe InDesign which seems to excel in matching the offset printed output with the screen colors. To be more specific, the screen I have is Compaq V55 on IBM and ViewSonic on Mac. I used InDesign with high quality display mode and it was amazing, but still so heavy and lacks agility as compared to Quark.

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