Accurate cmyk bitmap export

[capellan]

Hi All,

Recently I was struggling with cmyk issues while exporting bitmaps from Xara.
Which bitmap format produce more accurate colors when exported from Xara
to convert later in cmyk?

Thanks in advance!

Al

[gwpriester]

The only CMYK option, I think, is TIFF and to be honest, it's not that great. I use Photoshop for basically two functions: 1) To convert an RGB image to CMYK and 2) To convert an RGB image to Grayscale.

You can export your image as PDF/X for Commercial Printing and the image will be converted to CMYK in the process.

[capellan]

Now I see. TIFF images really export accurate cmyk colors.

Exporting images as Photoshop for cmyk conversion
do not produce results as accurate as TIFF export.

I will test exporting to PDF/X.

Thanks a lot for your answer!

Al

[gwpriester]

Keep in mind that there is a big difference between RGB and CMYK. RGB is capable of producing a wider universe of saturated colors. When you convert to CMYK a lot of this vibrancy is lost. This will happen even when you convert in Photoshop.

In Xara you can simulate CMYK by going to Window > Show Printer Colors > Simulate Print Colors.