http://www.ledet.com/margulis/ACT_postings/ProfilingandProofing/ACT-Dangers- of-Embedding.htm
An embedded profile can be a good thing in many cases, but when it comes to output ready CMYK files in traditional PostScript CMYK separated output workflows, it is not so clear cut - it really depends on the parties concerned and expectations between supplier of the data and the folk handling the data for output. A common case for not having a profile is for calibration and profiling test targets for RGB or CMYK devices - it does not matter what flavour the mystery meat values are, the importance of those values comes into play when coupled with the device that is being tested/profiled etc. It would be tedious for me to go into this in depth on this list - I have done it enough on the ACT list (where you can read Dans, Andrews and many others opinions) . There are pros/cons to all decisions that we make - tagging output ready CMYK files is no different. Some folk want their files values changed, others do not - an embedded tag often leads to a different conclusion than no tag, for right or wrong. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colortheory Stephen Marsh. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
