On: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 Michael Harvey wrote:- > 'Oh, we NEVER work in cmky as you can't tell what you're looking at on the > monitor...'
Wrong > after further questioning.. > > 'A monitor cannot display CMYK data correctly so it is impossible to retouch > in cmyk for any of our clients' Wrong > and this from someone on a Barco monitor. Uncalibrated I imagine. > Anyone know what he meant? He meant that you perpetuate an untruth - (or an urban myth:) to make himself feel better. An RGB calibrated monitor can display around 60% of the colours that the human eye sees, and around 95-96% of the CMYK colours which can seen within an RGB colourspace. This is how and why CMYK editing works on a calibrated RGB display. William Curwen =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
