Need CMYK images

[Soquili]

Works very well in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 on my system Steve.

[Soquili]

Monica you can use the predefined colors on the color line and create your own with the Color Editor as long as you remember to keep the CMYK color model active.

You should also enable the Simulate Print Colors to see how the colors will print.

[monica]

I finally got it to look like your picture. I had to go to File ... Open instead of double clicking on it.

So much to learn! Yikes! I still am confused but I will try to muddle my way through it.

If you have any other suggestions or tips please feel free to add them and I will study them.

Thanks!

[steve.ledger]

Works very well in Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 on my system Steve.

Very odd. The CMYK.xar folder in the colour gallery doesn't even expand to show any colours, the colour line loads as the 'Standard Palette'.
If I disable the Standard Palette and choose the CMYK.xar to show on colour line, I get an empty colour line..
Doesn't matter which way I open the CMYK.xar

Same thing in all other Xara versions except DP7 (which your file was produced in)

[Soquili]

Maybe a bad upload, there were thunderstorms in the area when I post the file. Here is the file again.

[steve.ledger]

No change with the new file Bill.
Even tried on Laptop running Vista and P&PD7 - exact same thing.

[Soquili]

Curiouser and curiouser

I haven't a clue Steve. Do you have Remove unused colors disabled?

[gwpriester]

This is all getting way too complicated.

The CMYK palette that Minimiro created was before Xara had a PDF export. Design as you want and export a PDF file. Printers want either a PDF file or a CMYK TIFF which Photo and Graphics Designer can export but which I do not feel real comfortable with.

Try the PDF file Monica. See if your printer can work with that.

If you find you need the next step up which is PDF/X and which is better suited to professional printing, then consider upgrading to Designer Pro 7.

Also, a lot of printers can accept an RGB file and prefer to do the CMYK conversion using their own specifications.

[Albacore]

I don't want to confuse or muddle this thread but Monica should know that any bitmaps placed on the Biz card will be still RGB even after exporting as PDF. Also that other RGB effects like feathering, shadows and any Live Effects will also stay RGB, which is no big deal, but it should be remembered, as normal software that is used by the printer will be RIP'ed. Other things that Monica should do is to use layers in her card with the text in the top most layer in the layer stack for cleaner printing. There has been loads of help given on this subject by Minimiro and if Monica does a search on CMYK and specifically looks for his replies she will gain a lot of good info.