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1. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
Big Jimm Apr 18, 2010 6:59 PM (in response to Big Jimm)Foirgot to add:
It’s only for the view for sending jpg’s in group emails. Not for printing.
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2. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
p taz Apr 18, 2010 7:21 PM (in response to Big Jimm)Are you making a pdf?
If you are working with images in, say, srgb working profile, that can be your destination too, so whatever you start with you will also finish with and no conversion is required if your pdf generation is done correctly.
edit: I did read that you are making .jpg, do you mean that you just send a flattened jpg of your job, like an image of a flyer?
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3. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
Big Jimm Apr 18, 2010 9:34 PM (in response to p taz)No pdf. I do my text plus graphics in ID then save as a jpg to send
In 0SX Mac Mail.
When I wrtite ANY text into ID, often I bold or stroke it just to give it more
“body.” But that really doesn’t make it richer and shinier. My complaint is
primarily when using bigger text for headlines.
Just wish I could get a richer, shinier text look.
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4. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
[Jongware] Apr 19, 2010 1:44 AM (in response to Big Jimm)I would not advertise InDesign as the recommended program to create JPEGs with ... Its export to JPEG is *very* basic -- and, given the number of complaints on this forum, Adobe would better be off entirely removing it.
Have you tried other programs that *are* more geared towards what you are doing? Even Illustrator would be a better choice, as that one has at least a "Save For Web" module.
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5. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
P Spier Apr 19, 2010 4:37 AM (in response to Big Jimm)To get a bright red you need to define the color as RGB in the Swatches or Color Panel (or -- shudder-- use the color picker and stay in RGB mode). ID will be happy to create and display bright reds that can't be printed as long as you aren't in Overprint Preview mode.
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6. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
Big Jimm Apr 19, 2010 5:09 AM (in response to P Spier)Thanks so much Peter.
I'm just an 80 year old, over-the-hill, retired businessman and don’t use
my programs for commercial return. I am very embarrassed to ask my
dumb questions to you folks who are so expert. But, I appreciate so much
all of your help.
Question 1: How do I define the color as RGB in the swatches panel .. or,
use the color picker and stay in RGB mode?
Question 2: You say .. “ID will be happy to create and display bright reds
that can't be printed as long as you aren't in Overprint Preview mode.”
Where do I find this?
MANY thanks.
Jim
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7. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
Eugene Tyson Apr 19, 2010 5:11 AM (in response to Big Jimm)Transparency Blend setting is only for when you have transparent objects on the page and when you flatten the page during output. It forces interacting with the transparency into the RGB colour space instead of CMYK. This can be problematic if you want to output the file at another stage to PDF for print or something, as the RGB blend space will force black objects into RGB colour, and if you have black type it ends up being 4 colour black.
So just be careful about why you'd change your transparency blend settings.
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8. Re: Can’t get a great, bright red
P Spier Apr 19, 2010 6:04 AM (in response to Big Jimm)The Color Picker is an RGB space, but if you click into the Lab or CMYK fields you'll be converting any swatch you generate to that mode. I personally avoid the color picker like the plague, even though I know how it works. For the less adept it can give unexpected results.
To work in RGB mode in teh Color Panel open the panel menu and choose RGB. The sliders will change from CMYK to RGB. You can do similar in the new swatch dialog by choosing RGB from the "color mode" dropdown. ID will display these colors as RGB unless you switch to Overprint Preview, at which point it will display the CMYK conversion for the current CMYK workspace. The RGB colors can be preserved during export to PDF or when creating a JPEG.




