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I'll admit it, I like working in Corel. But after creating artwork with fades and drop shadows, then converting it to a .tiff file for printing, the colors shift. I have been using the Pantone Color Palette.
I was told by my printer (subcontractor) that Corel had some sort of color profile that just doesn't convert correctly. I was advised that the problem would be corrected if I used Illustrator instead.
Is this one of those click on this button to solve the problem things?
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Bruce
-------------------- Bruce & Deb Newton Graphic Lettering San Marcos, CA Posts: 126 | From: San Marcos, CA | Registered: Sep 2001
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it may be you're using an incorrect ICC profile that is giving you the color shift, or even might be double-profiled. if the CDR document has placed images they may have an ICC, but the entire document may assign another ICC on top of the first "color correction", thus giving the double profile. go in to the color profile settings and see if simply removing all profiles gives you a closer print to your expectations. if not, check with your printer as to their recommendations on the profiles they prefer. Corel does render the profiles differently than Illustrator, but it shouldn't be something you can't work a solution to. ICC calibration is a long process to match printer output to source input, but once done properly you get pretty accurate results.
-------------------- Scott Pagan Admark Graphic Systems Admark Motorsports Graphics 9700 Metromont Ind Blvd Charlotte, NC 28269 www.admarkgraphics.com Posts: 325 | From: Charlotte, NC | Registered: Nov 2001
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Hiya Bruce, The closest thing to a 1 click fix is to design the fies and export as an eps or a pdf. Post script and pdf files should retain color information. there's going to be some trial & error though. I never got deep color management with Corel. From what I've seen of it, it's fairly simple IF you have access to the right profiles. I like the Adobe products when it comes to color management. If I was to print a job for you, I could send you our Adobe color settings so you can import it into all of your Adobe software. Whenever you wanted us to print your work, you would use our color settings when you design and our prints would be darn near wysiwyg. There's a lot of info out there on this. Maybe you can find out more about Corel and color management from their web site?
Good luck,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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