Hello,
Hopefully somebody can help me with this question. I am enjoying learning and playing around with Corel Draw.
However, when I started production work, I came up with this issue. Spent many hours, but cannot figure out a solution.
I cannot figure out how to preserve the appearance of the color when I change to CMYK from RGB. I have tried tweaking the color management settings but nothing seems to happen (Assign New Preserve Color Appearance VS. (Convert Preserve Color Values).
Here is the Example of my question/issue:
If I select a fill that is RGB and change to CMYK the CMYK numbers don't change which causes the color in some cases much darker (like screenshot below).
This is the same result when I to this on an individual object and also PDF export to CMYK.
I would like to get the typical washed out colors where the numbers change, but colors remain fairly similar.
Thank you!
Hi David,
Looks like you are my hero!
I still need to understand this process. But looks like the Rendering intent changes the behavior, also gives different values.
I will definitely spend time on this setting. Assign new and convert I still don't see anything happening, they stay the same.
Like I said, I come from a pretty wide tech background. But looks like Corel requires more manual customization to be precise with basic tasks.
To answer your questions, in case it helps anyone:
1. I have the North America General Purpose Preset.
2. Not sure what you mean by soft proofing. I spent a few mins searching on the topic, but I kept see coming up for the raster software. (don't remember if it was photopaint of photoshop).
3. All windows updates yes. Corel, whatever the default it. I installed about 1.5 months ago, with pretty intense self teaching.
Make sure you check for CorelDRAW updates, do it manually if you have to. I believe 1 at a time.
Now for the spiel! CorelDRAW uses an ICC compliant color management process, ADOBE DOES NOT!
Adobe uses Black Point Compensation, with relative colorimetric rendering. The entire history is so detailed and spans such a long time it induces seizures in healthy people. Suffice to say their process is very close to perceptual rendering and even more so today with modern RGB profiles.
So using CorelDRAW with perceptual rendering is not only ICC COMPLIANT It's so close to what Adobe does the subject in 99.9% of the cases is moot.
In CorelDRAW Windows menu, docker, color proofing. You need to understand this to utilize CMYK special effects, specifically transparency and N Color transparency properly.
Actually Corel is far easier and capable then Adobe. Adobe can many times be utilizing a display proofing that's unknown to the user.
BTW assign and convert have zero control in the fill dialog, it ALWAYS CONVERTS.
Those setting are only for files that have been already created that you open or import.
Thank you David. I like to understand what I'm doing, so this really helps! I will take your advise to understand the topics you mentioned, I will look into those as I self train with your and info posted from others' help. Your comment about zero control makes sense, it is what I'm finding out. Thank you for confirming! :).