pdh Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 If I export my document (which contains a lot of photos) in CMYK, do I also need to have the color panel set to CMYK? Does it matter or will it all be in CMYK anyway if exporting it in CMYK? I am exporting to publish it on paper in a KDP paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted October 21, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 21, 2019 Hi Pdh, Provided the colour profile of the document is CMYK and embed ICC profile is ticked when you export your document should export as CMYK. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 The colour profile is actually RGB and then I export it as CMYK. So my question is do I have to have the colour profile set as CMYK? Will this cause problems if the colour profile is set as RGB and I export as CMYK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I dunno without trying it and I'm away from the computer awaiting the teapot to boil... I would never design an intended print job using an rgb document myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The option to convert images only seem to be available say pdf for print and selecting cmyk or simply using pdf/x-1 where rgb is not allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Yes, I did export in pdf/x-1a2003. There is some variation that happens with the black and white photos when they are printed. Is it caused by the color profile being RGB and export being CMYK? I dunno but I guess I will change the colour profile to CMYK and re-upload the file to KDP just to be safe. Doesn't sound like it will cause any further issues by doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, pdh said: Yes, I did export in pdf/x-1a2003. There is some variation that happens with the black and white photos when they are printed. Is it caused by the color profile being RGB and export being CMYK? I dunno but I guess I will change the colour profile to CMYK and re-upload the file to KDP just to be safe. Doesn't sound like it will cause any further issues by doing that. Text that is 100% black may convert to a cmyk mix. So check that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 I've noticed a similar thing. An RGB picture in a CMYK document exports as RGB with PDFX4 if ICC Profile is "Use Document profile" . If the ICC Profile is changed from "Use Document profile" to a CMYK profile (FOGRA39 etc) it converts to CMYK. I'm not too sure about using these settings correctly so maybe I've made a mistake. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thanks MikeW. Yes I checked the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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