I’m working with a graphic designer to design a book cover for a self-published title of mine on Amazon. The purple in the cover image becomes dull when converted to the required CMYK. Original Image This is what it looks like after being converted. The designer has adjusted the hue and saturation levels before the … Read more
I’m using Photoshop CS4 and have a project where I’m using a layer/section of brushed chrome and another adjacent layer/section in charcoal carbon fiber (pattern) background. On the CF layer, I’m adding a text layer which is in color. If I start the project in RGB mode, it prints out with a purple cast on … Read more
Is there a setting in illustrator that will make all of my colors, in all new projects, RGB? I’m not really sure why it often ends up as grayscale. I only use RGB for web assets and having to change if for small shapes all the time makes me sad. Show me the magic setting … Read more
EDit: The Image is in RGB mode and it needs to be saved as an PNG! I need to change the CMYK values of a logo to C:16%, M:100%, Y:79%, K:5%. But after I confirm these values, no matter what method I use to change the color, I get these values: C:17%, M:99%, Y:79%, K:5%. … Read more
For example the bright royal blue color; R0 G10 B220, HEX: #000ae1. I know this color cannot be printed nor painted. But can this blue color exist in the real world other than on a digital screen? For example the aurora in the sky, or a rainbow in the sky? Answer You may wonder if … Read more
I have 3 different images: for the first one I’m only interested in the RED channel; for the second one the GREEN channel; for the third one the BLUE channel. My goal is to create a single RGB image composed by these 3 images filtering only the channels, so the new image will have to … Read more
I have this color #EEF1F3. I need an element to have this color as the background color. In this case I need the color to be opaque by a ratio of 5% (opacity: 0.05). But I don’t know how to turn this color darker to create an then make it opaque and then the result … Read more
My file is CMYK, but it has a Link to an RGB PSD file as a transparency mask. The file renders properly in illustrator (the preview), but whenever I try to export to any other format, the colors are messed up. When I converted the RGB PSD file (transparency mask) to CMYK within Illustrator, I … Read more
Below you find the design for our business cards. The triangles are yellow, as you can see outside of the canvas. However, inside the canvas, only when I set the Color Mode to CMYK, they appear pink. When I switch the Color Mode back to RGB, they appear yellow as expected. However, when I print … Read more
I need to prepared B&W images for 2-color offset printing. The print company advised to use 2 × blacks (one neutral black and one slightly warm tinted black), to get really appealing blacks in offset process. Now I need to separate the grayscale images in Photoshop to generate a duotone. I understood the way this … Read more
