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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Julian H" data-source="post: 1727504" data-attributes="member: 33946">Since RGB is a bigger color space, it makes sense to process images using Adobe RGB (1998) color space, or Color match, or whichever RGB color space you prefer.CMYK, as was pointed out above is a smaller color space and can't reproduce some of the hues accurately and the printed version will often look a little duller due in CMYK mode. There are two options to consider if you need to concern yourself with how an image may look when converted to CMYK. You can turn on the "out of Gamut" warning by highlighting it in the PS menu under View>gamut warning and correcting any gray shaded areas (that indicate out of gamut) that appear on your image. Do this by adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and then adjusting the hue and lightness sliders to reduce any areas of grey shading. Secondly, using the "soft-proof" options in PS from the drop down menu View>proof colors. You can then pick a profile from the drop-down list that will be assigned to render your image as it would appear, or a close approximation, if you were to convert it to CMYK. This is a soft proof. You can then adjust your image to modify it with a live view. This will not change your RGB file as opposed to selecting Edit>convert to profile or Image>mode>cmyk which will alter the data in the image. I don't have the scope or time to go more into it, but if you search the web, you can find many resources on how to use these simply and better explained than by me! Again, it's a matter of degrees and for most people who don't do a lot of large prints or published work, it may be "overboard", but since I work in the creative arena, I try to prep all my files for print as best I can.</blockquote>

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