Colour problem consultation with Matthias Betz / 15 minutes

Colour management in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator

• Which colour settings should I use in Adobe products?
• How should I create my data in InDesign and how should I export it?
• Which greyscale profile should I use when working in Photoshop if I want to create a black and white photo book?
• Which rendering intent is optimal for converting RGB images for natural paper?

PANTONE and HKS colour problems

• which PANTONE colour corresponds to my sRGB value, which AdobeRGB value corresponds to my PANTONE colour?
• Which CMYK value is the best in PSOCoatedV3 for a specific PANTONE colour?
• Should I use different CMYK values for PANTONE conversion for picture printing and natural paper?
• My PANTONE colour looks very different in the proof or print than in the colour swatch? What could be the reason?
• I would like to compare different PANTONE colours and CMYK equivalents on one sheet. What should I pay attention to?

PDF creation and conversion

• Which setting should I use in Adobe InDesign when creating print PDFs?
• I have a PDF in ISOCoatedV2, but now I need to print it on natural paper? Can I convert the colours?
• You have received a PDF file but are not sure whether it is print-ready?
• Which colours and colour spaces are actually contained in my PDF file supplied by the agency?

Colour conversion

• Do you want to simply convert a PDF file from coated to uncoated?
• You have exported a PDF from Microsoft Office, but now the black text is suddenly in all CMYK colour channels.  
• My printer won't accept my PDF file because the colour coverage is too high.
• What is a devicelink and when is a devicelink colour conversion suitable for me?

Colour measurement

• I need a spectral colour measurement of a specific colour area
• I have 10 slightly different colour samples and need an average value in CIELAB
• For quality management I need a colour measurement with a sphere and SCI/SCE

Softproof

• Would you like to display a file colour-accurately on the monitor?
• Do you want a standard light lamp to match colour samples with D50 directly on a hardware-calibrated monitor?
• Would you like to also display special colours or gold foils and special papers colour-accurately on the monitor?
• Do you want to use a softproof solution like Spectraproof in your company?

High-precision colour samples

• You must print a specific colour shade as a sample 100 times on matt natural paper
• You want to send your corporate design colours in a booklet to all customers so they have a physical sample of your brand colours.
• You need a reference of a very specific LAB value as accurately as possible

Paper and optical brighteners

• How many optical brighteners does my publication paper contain?
• Does a standard proof profile match my publication paper in terms of paper whiteness?
• Can I adapt a proof profile to my paper whiteness?
• What LAB or sRGB value does my paper have?