Recent content by Asterix

I agree... and it's compounded by the timescales we all have to work by. Schedules always get squeezed at the Marketeers end, leaving less time to proof at the critical print stage. TBH I blame those Marketing Departments, who, in my opinion, have destroyed design in this country [the UK] and...

Sure... because all capture devices, displays etc work within an RGB gamut... but I'd never supply artwork for print with RGB files – my printers would redicule me for starters! The real problem occurs when you make that switch to CMYK, and there's been reams written about that... and yeah...

Thanks for your helpful replies. I've been looking at Blatner & Fraser's take on this and although they don't address it directly they do offer some advice which would be: a/ Make all initial tonal adjustments in RGB before going to greyscale, then b/copy the black plate and paste it into a new...

Hello. Is there any advantage in converting grayscales to CMYK? One senior designer at a place I'm currently working rants hysterically that by converting to CMYK you get a deeper 'richness' in the final image, but I'm thinking all you get is muddy looking blacks. We're printing on uncoated...