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I was asked by some students at Brobygrfiska in Sweden about if I had tips for internships, those students studying packaging design. They do have good knowledge of english, and know how to use Adobe software as well as Esko plug-ins and will send a portfolio. But I don't have enough knowledge...

"There is no exact color specified by an RGB specification." depends on if there is an RGB space that is attatched to it. Normally no profile would mean sRGB.

Yes thanks it is The Dimensions of Colour (I missed the www as i typed it from memory :S )

For specific answers you need specific questions. But to understand them we first may need general knowledge. There are plenty specific questions and scenarios if you search this forum. Also to answer the question well it is needed to know what you already understand and from what angle you are...

I find it easiest to use the colour converter built into Arobat. If you just need to change one image you can select it with the touch up tool and then choose "properties…" from the contextual flyout. In the "Color" tab you can assign or convert to ICC profile. Converting to a grey profile and...

It can happen due to antialiasing. If you turn off antialiasing you and they disappear the most likely will not show in print, but this does to some extent also depend on your workflow.

Get a Pantone + bridge it will be obvious. The theory is that process colours need to be designed to be oposites of RGB, Cyan is to block red light, Magenta blocking Green, Yellow blocking Blue, and K because the idea isn't perfect. When using pantone there are more colours to use and each...

@tmiller I'm thinking there should be some way to append an unmanaged strip. The key to the whole thing is that you need a way to control colour other than ICC managed colour conversion… In Lab or RGB you only get one possible mix for a specific colour… it is first when you use 4 or more...

If pure colours of the primaries can be plotted spectral reflectivity you should be able to see if there is a difference that can be used to your advantage. Perhaps as Rich is intending but there ought to be "more" combinations. I'm thinkning if you get some LAB colour bars… separate them with...

It's amazing how many different life stories, each so wonderfully unique.

Should be possible.

Do you mean UI? (user interface?) Some nice tutorials out there already… Like what they done to text tools :)

I recognise the problem, though it was some time back, and a bit fuzzy on the details. Check what font the bullets are in. Is the font not allowed to be downloaded? Try using a different bullet character. You can also convert bullets to text. PLease what was the version of InDisign, are you...

That is the assigned profile for the image? Also how you choose to display your colours… if you are displaying with "preserve values" then you are not seeing at the profiles dot gain but at the working space dot gain. If the image has no profile converting to a profile will assign a profile...

I'm in europe… so please excuse me if I'm totally wrong… but as I understand it SWOP is a target and GRACoL is a method. Or to express it differently SWOP is a goal and GRACoL is a route to a goal. Is this totally wrong?

If the file is an Illustrator file placed in InDesign and re-exported to PDF. When you place an AI file in Indesign it is placing the PDF part of the Ai file. Now depending on the settings when creating the AI you could be placing a PDF with a different value for rasterisation and flattening...

An Illustrator file normally contains a doubble package: 1) the pdf 2) the native data the native data is to preserve editability. I would have to see the files to explain the quality differences.

WoodPoint thanks for reporting back, that is really useful to know… I'd ask you to file a bug report, so that it can be looked into in future versions. It's by reporting things like that that software can become better in future.

These images that are slow have they got other data from Esko? If the file is slow there is some re-coding happening. I would look at the structure (outlines) in the file… there is some difference and you either search till you find the pattern… or be ready to accept uncertainty. Is there...

Are there any other things than linked images that you can pinpoint? It could be the resampling for the included-PDF that takes time. Illustrator is bogged down with old code that badly needs to be rewritten as we come to expect snappy applications (remember the time we drew in outline and only...