Design Challenge #2 - April 2012 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CHIT-CHAT

[poohaddict]

How do you check Gamut in PSE9???? New to designing

[3LilMonsters]

Originally Posted by poohaddict

How do you check Gamut in PSE9???? New to designing

There is no way to check gamut in PSE. I have searched everywhere for a program to check gamut, and I haven't come across any except PSCS which I can't afford ATM. You might be able to find a friend who has CS and ask them to check it. It only takes a second to check, and most people don't mind helping out. Hope that helps.

[frogfish]

Originally Posted by poohaddict

How do you check Gamut in PSE9???? New to designing

Originally Posted by 3LilMonsters

There is no way to check gamut in PSE. I have searched everywhere for a program to check gamut, and I haven't come across any except PSCS which I can't afford ATM. You might be able to find a friend who has CS and ask them to check it. It only takes a second to check, and most people don't mind helping out. Hope that helps.

The whole gamut issue refers to the difference between monitor output (what you see on your computer screen) and what a printer can reproduce using the cartridges that are put into it. When you create an image in PhotoShop or other program, you are likely using RGB color which is like coloring with a box of 256 different crayons. When you send your image to the printer, the printer must recreate it using a much smaller box of crayons (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black---CMYK color). Obviously with so few colors to work with, some of the colors in the original image will be impossible to match.

I've done some research into a solution to this since everyone obviously doesn't have the full version of PhotoShop at their disposal. I found a website that doesn't check your images to see if they are in gamut, but simply puts them in gamut if necessary. Referencing the above explanation, it converts them from RGB to CMYK. I only tried the online tool once as I was looking for the best one available, but I didn't have any problems with it. After converting your image to CMYK using the tool, it is up to you to look at it compared to the original and make sure it looks right to you before proceeding. I like the results that PhotoShop gives better than those from the free online conversion tool, but for those who don't have access to PhotoShop, it is a free alternative that still gets the job done.

http://www.rgb2cmyk.org/

If you use this online tool, please let me know how it works for you so I can decide whether to post it in the tutorials/tips thread. Thanks!

[poohaddict]

Originally Posted by frogfish

The whole gamut issue refers to the difference between monitor output (what you see on your computer screen) and what a printer can reproduce using the cartridges that are put into it. When you create an image in PhotoShop or other program, you are likely using RGB color which is like coloring with a box of 256 different crayons. When you send your image to the printer, the printer must recreate it using a much smaller box of crayons (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black---CMYK color). Obviously with so few colors to work with, some of the colors in the original image will be impossible to match.

I've done some research into a solution to this since everyone obviously doesn't have the full version of PhotoShop at their disposal. I found a website that doesn't check your images to see if they are in gamut, but simply puts them in gamut if necessary. Referencing the above explanation, it converts them from RGB to CMYK. I only tried the online tool once as I was looking for the best one available, but I didn't have any problems with it. After converting your image to CMYK using the tool, it is up to you to look at it compared to the original and make sure it looks right to you before proceeding. I like the results that PhotoShop gives better than those from the free online conversion tool, but for those who don't have access to PhotoShop, it is a free alternative that still gets the job done.

http://www.rgb2cmyk.org/

If you use this online tool, please let me know how it works for you so I can decide whether to post it in the tutorials/tips thread. Thanks!

So i tried the tool link u sent and a few of my elements colors were changed. Is the element the online tool gave me the one that is gamut??? I am still a tad confused...lol

[frogfish]

Originally Posted by poohaddict

So i tried the tool link u sent and a few of my elements colors were changed. Is the element the online tool gave me the one that is gamut??? I am still a tad confused...lol

The one the tool gave you is supposed to be in gamut. It worked on the one image I tried but I should really play with it more. Did the colors look ok on the one it gave you?

[afirmbeliever]

I could use some help with quality control. My recent submission went through QC and I've got some fixin' to do. Some of it it was pretty simple for me to fix. But my biggest issue is jagged edges. I use pse7 to design.

I know to bring the element up to 100%. I heard there is a tool/action that will do this, but have looked and can't find one. When I do the blur edges then it's blurry and not sharp. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

I've figured out how to add a stoke to the element so that I can check it, but not sure what to do past that.

[missdamsel]

I will be more than happy to help you. A great smoothing action is this one


Hopefully it is ok to post this. If not I will take it off. Just trying to help.

Originally Posted by afirmbeliever

I could use some help with quality control. My recent submission went through QC and I've got some fixin' to do. Some of it it was pretty simple for me to fix. But my biggest issue is jagged edges. I use pse7 to design.

I know to bring the element up to 100%. I heard there is a tool/action that will do this, but have looked and can't find one. When I do the blur edges then it's blurry and not sharp. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

I've figured out how to add a stoke to the element so that I can check it, but not sure what to do past that.