prismamedien Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Objects defined as 100 % black in CMYK mode cannot be exported separately as a black extract in PDF format (X3/X4). Black is always output split in CMYK with 4 colour separations instead of 1 colour separation. I have checked through all options. Only the black and white mode works, i.e. 100 % black, but no rasterised black tones. Greyscale is always converted to RGB. In Indesign and QuarkXPress this is output correctly. But not in Publisher. Please correct this in the next update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Are you sure your black is a CMYK 0/0/0/100 black? Are you sure the document color format is CMYK/8? Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Quick test: PDF X-4: Old Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismamedien Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Hello Tudor, many thanks for your prompt support. I have created the document and written the file as you have documented. However, I did not select colour from the menu at the top, but from the colour flyout menu. Apparently the values were not taken over there. If the colour is selected at the top of the menu, then everything is correct, see Acrobat docinfo. Therefore, the problem is solved for me. Thank you very much for your great support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismamedien Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Sorry. Please check the procedere with the Color-Fly-Out-Menü. Thank you .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, prismamedien said: As far I remember this default Affinity palette is defined in HSL colour mode. – For K-Only you need to create it separately, for instance: 2 _ Grays _ K-only.afpalette Note: in a CMYK document the Black swatch right to the palette menu in the Swatches Panel is 100 K only. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Indeed, the colors from the Grayscale palette are not CMYK and should not be used where K-only ink is required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prismamedien Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 20 hours ago, tudor said: Indeed, the colors from the Grayscale palette are not CMYK and should not be used where K-only ink is required. That is a little bit confusing for me, because other applications like QXP oder ID make no difference between the different possibilities to choose color. It should be made more uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tudor Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I agree, that Grayscale color palette confuses people doing print stuff. But you could always make your own CMYK color palette. Alfred and Old Bruce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, prismamedien said: That is a little bit confusing for me, because other applications like QXP oder ID make no difference between the different possibilities to choose color. It should be made more uniform. I guess they make a difference, too. But it seems they offer an UI which a.) makes the space / model of a swatch more obvious, b.) gives the choice to switch and c.) display the correct colour values in a swatch name also for modified swatches. There are a few threads about colour handling and swatches in the Feature Request forums. Maybe you post your vote there, at least it would nudge the thread up Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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