1 Reply Latest reply: Mar 23, 2012 1:03 AM by Omke Oudeman RSS

    Which North America Profile to Use?

    ZenDao Community Member

      I am using Abobe Creative Suite CS5.5.

       

      Which setting should I use in the Adobe Bridge's "Suite Color Settings," North America General Purpose 2 or North America Prepress 2?

       

      I do mostly print, e-book PDFs and some web graphics. I understand Prepress 2 is better than Purpose 2. Especially since Prepress 2 uses Adobe RGB (1998) while Purpose 2 uses sRGB IEC61966-2.1. I read a thread that sRGB is also referred as "stupid RGB."

       

      Also, which options do I need to deselect in the "Profile Mismatches Policies" and/or "Missing Profiles." I want the profiles to embeded automatically without the warning window popping up in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. It was convenient when I did not getting these warnings when I was using Purpose 2.

       

      I am not sure if this is related to my question above. When I open a logo created in Adobe Illustrator, I keep getting the "Missing Profile" window. No matter which option I choose, this window keeps appearing when I reopen the EPS file. How do I fix it so that the profile is embedded and the window stop appearing?

        • 1. Re: Which North America Profile to Use?
          Omke Oudeman Community Member

          Which setting should I use in the Adobe Bridge's "Suite Color Settings," North America General Purpose 2 or North America Prepress 2?

           

           

          Basically your question is not about Bridge but about Color Management and there are a lot of books written about.

           

          The option to set Suite color settings is what it says, you should synchronize your settings Suite wide so whatever application you are working on has the same appearance. If you combine that with a correct monitor calibration your system should have the WSIWYG workflow (What You See Is What You Get :-0 )

           

          The general CMYK Settings are based on your needs but the most important question should be "what Color profile does my client need?" and you should set that profile to the document and save this with the color profile embedded. Probably you have set Adobe RGB in PS as standard profile. You can use soft proof in PS to see what the real effect of the new profile will show.

           

          Contact your eBook or Web graphic supplier to match their color profile.

           

          You have to see color profiles in a graphic (do a google search) to understand them better. Adobe RGB is capable of showing the widest Gamut (more and deeper colors), sRGB a bit less and CMYK even lesser (Print press uses Cyan, Magenta and Yellow for colors and adds blacKs for contrast and  is a complete different technic to ink jet that uses RGB (Red Green and Blue).

           

          You can set the options for converting to whatever you like as long as you are aware of what you are using. You can't mix different profiles without consequences for the end result. If a file shows 'missing profile' it has no color profile saved in it. And that is the dangerous part in saving without color profile, you can't be sure that what you see on your screen is what the creator meant.

           

          The message will stop if you provide a profile yourself.

           

          But as said, their have been many books written and it is a wide subject... :-0