dbrear Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Advice please. I have an image with a dark background and I placed it in the centre of the page, which I wanted to be the same dark colour so the edges of the image wouldn't show. I used a colour picker to check the colours were the same - but when it came back from the printers it shows as a dark background image on a slightly lighter page. Not the end of the world but annoying (I didn't get a proof this time). Interestingly, the image background when in Publisher picks as RGB 28,26,27, so that's what I set the page to - hence the problem. But the same image in PSP 2019 picks as RGB 24,24,24. I'll know next time but - a) does anyone know why the same colour should pick wrongly in Publisher? Surely there must be a reason for this? and - b) am I doing anything obviously wrong? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 It would probably have been better to cut out the image, rather than trying to match the background of the photo. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, dbrear said: the image background when in Publisher picks as RGB 28,26,27, so that's what I set the page to I am guessing the image is in RGB and the Document is in CMYK and that is where your problem starts. Converting the selected RGB colour to CMYK. Just a guess. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrear Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 Good guess Bruce! Stupid ... Mind you, I still can't see the difference if I set the document to RGB. I've played around with the screen settings too. And the colour picker still shows just the same values for the page and the image background. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatino Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 What happens if you group image and background and rasterize together? Quote Thanks to DeepL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmonopascual Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I don't know, but maybe this could be related to this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted December 14, 2019 Staff Share Posted December 14, 2019 Hi dbrear there may be a few things at play here, firstly it may be due to the colour space of the image as described above, but it may also be a transparency clipping issue. Could you please provide a copy of your .afpub file to the following link for me so I can look into this for you? Many thanks in advance! https://www.dropbox.com/request/VGXFnUVyvEbezsgopbVY Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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