On Monday, Aug 4, 2003, at 13:15 Europe/Copenhagen, Darrian Young wrote:
To do this same job in RGB, this user must have the
knowledge of RGB
working spaces, embedding profiles, setting up the CMYK softproof in
Photoshop and how to proof correctly an RGB image. In this case, then
this user has at least a base of color management. If you add on to
that the ability to create a PDF/X-3 file correctly, then this is not a
"green" uninformed user.
Considering that the ColorSync Users List was still scratching its
scalp in an effort to figure out how the View > Custom > Proof Setup
window worked months after the release of Photoshop 6, this is a
reasonable assessment.
It also appears, and correct me if I did not
understand correctly, that
the great part of the problem with the correct reproduction of color
lies with the designers, creatives, photographers, etc. while the
printers and pre-press houses have the know-how to get the job done
correctly.
US consultants are still recommending to target a profile for the
printer's proofing system on the strength of the argument that printing
processes are too unpredictable. Four years of evangelizing
standards-based printing conditions, and use of characterization tables
in the ICC Registry for printing and proofing profiles, hasn't made a
difference.
There is a massive lack of information on a technology that reaches
ever more deeply into publishing software. Aside from the welter of
settings, the chief problem is the accepted view that workflow
standards and workflow information are commodities and that software
documentation is for the encapsulated functionality only.
Best regards,
Henrik Holmegaard