Conversion from RGB to CMYK for print causes darkening and loss of detail on the page.

I work in CS5 to create figures in a very wide range of colors. I use filters and adjustment layers to achieve the desired effects, so my images are degraded and high contrast design. I usually only work for the web, so I've never had need to convert my images in a CMYK working space. I started to make prints of some of my work, and I noticed I lose not only in detail, but dynamism as well. A lot of the darker areas are together burrs, and some of the areas of light contrasted against dark look less intelligible than when I created it on the screen.

My first attempt at printing has been at a Staples, that could be part of the problem. I had saved in CMYK TIFF and JPEG files. TIFF files looked terrible, but the JPEG has a little more clarity in printing. One of my TIFF files displayed on the computer of Staples like being completely tense and in grayscale, although it was happening on my own camera.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, because I'm trying to learn everything I can about this topic. Thank you!

Don't not bither with CMYK for any shape so "home printing". Their printers work no any different from your own inkjet and exoect images come directly from digital cameras, etc. And are calibrated accordingly. Otherwise, you have a lot of reading to do on color, color grading, etc. of the range management.

Mylenium

Tags: Photoshop

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