Placing images from Photoshop 7.0

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?

 

Check the Pagemaker user guide on the CMS (Color Management System)
Also, Pagemaker only displays 8-bit previews (256 colors).

n8

 

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/[email protected]@.2ccd96d6/58

Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

 

When I place images saved in CMYK into PageMaker they seem to look

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.

 

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.

Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer