InDesign color space

Hi all

I want to import into InDesign some pictures saved in the color space ProPhoto tiff. In order to maintain ProPhoto I think should work in RGB mode in InDesign.

But when I open a new document in InDesign, it seems not created by default to CMYK, not in RGB mode... How can I switch to RGB?

Thank you!

Yes, you can convert your document into some CMYK ICC profile (images ProPhoto will be converted as well), but if you have very colourful images, you propably end up having a clipping of color is produced. Any CMYK ICC normal range is much narrower than the range of ProPhoto. All the colors of your ProPhoto image that are outside of the CMYK range, will be cut.

That s why the workflow recommended is usually convert images in AdobeRGB in Photoshop. And if you want to be extra carefull (and you have calibrated and profiled monitor) you can softproof your AdobeRGB image in Photoshop, then you will see how it s will look after it has been converted into a CMYK image. Then you can adjust your image if you face some clipping of wrong color...

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