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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It’s definitely NOT easy to explain this. Color conversions are COMPLEX. Anyway, RGB -> CMYK conversion is lossy, and CMYK -> RGB is also lossy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What is the point of the RGB switch afterall? Why not just pass through what’s input and remove this switch?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Best regards / Med venlig hilsen</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jacob Schäffer </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray'>| Chief Developer</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=156 height=35 id="Billede_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01CFECA3.FCA4B1F0" alt="Description: http://www.grafikhuset.net/grafikhuset_156x35.gif"></span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#767171'>Grafikhuset (House of Graphics)<br>Paradis Allé 22, Ramløse<br>DK-3200 Helsinge, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mobile: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#767171'>+45 2021 1958</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Phone: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:gray'>+45 4848 0096</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#767171'><a href="mailto:js@grafikhuset.dk"><span style='color:#767171'>js@grafikhuset.dk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Web: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#767171'><a href="http://design.grafikhuset.dk/"><span style='color:#767171'>http://design.grafikhuset.dk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heiko Haida<br><b>Sent:</b> 20. oktober 2014 16:22<br><b>To:</b> Craig Ede<br><b>Cc:</b> framers<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: CMYK vs RGB RE: PDF query<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Well, Craig,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>thats easy to explain: <br>When I use Illustrator or Indesign, a colour will not change its screen representation if I switch from CMYK definition to RGB definition. That is not a miracle or a question of "who knows" (these programs use HSB definitions, and obviously the conversion works very well).<br>With FrameMaker, on the other hand, a CMYK colour will not look "right" neither on screen nor in the resulting PDF. <br>And only with the CMYK print option activated that has been implemented successfully with FM 10, this colour information will be transfered to the PDF correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Best regards - Tino H. Haida, Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Craig Ede:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>Given the theoretical differences I'm not sure why you would expect RGB output of CMYK colors to be close to what CMYK color should looks like. <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Think of it this way, if you choose a Pantone color as a spot color, you'd expect it to print exactly like as that Pantone color to paper. But to the screen, who knows? It's be "close" but depends on the color correctness of the particular monitor.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Craig<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>