Thank you for the great comments and suggestions on my posts about printing your own Artist Business Cards on my painting blog. I hope that some of you will be inspired to have cards printed (and I would love to see your results!).
Loredana asked a really great question this week: "When you work on your photos to correct levels or balancing or anything else, do you work on RGB and after you modify it, you switch to CMYK to print?; or you switch to CMYK directly and you modify it later? I noticed a big difference from one to another when I watch the folder's preview and find the CMYK quite uncomfortable to watch!"
The simple answer (with a few extra details):
For Print:
- Start with RGB, and do all or most of your editing in RGB.
RGB is the native format for most digital files.
Some editing procedures are not available in CMYK. - Convert to CMYK as the last step only if the file is being sent to a print house.
- If you are printing from your home or office printer, you can use RGB or CMYK. Try both and see which you prefer.
For Internet images (blogs and websites):
- Images to be used only for onscreen viewing (websites, blogs) should NEVER be converted to CMYK.
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For a more thorough explanation of CMYK vs. RGB try this link:
http://www.printernational.org/rgb-versus-cmyk.php
(You may want to review the earlier post on File Types, too.)
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