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colour profile help corel vs versaworks
Can anyone help?
What I’m seeing on my monitor isn’t the same as my versaworks output. I have the RVW colour chart on the wall so I can select the right colour for the job via the VW code number, which makes the process a little longer but at least I get the right colours.
It’s a pain for design though because the 100% blue on my VW comes out as a purple colour on my monitor, also I can’t select colours with the dropper from artwork supplied, I can select the colour but it’s not printing what I see…
ie the colour pallet in corel for my RVW program doesnt match the printed colour chart
I’m sure it’s to do with colour profiles on my monitor just need some help setting it up.
Anyone?
Cheers
BigMo -
9 Replies
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The 100% blue coming out as purple sounds like RGB blue being converted to CMYK.
Steve
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yeah thats it, when i select 100% blue on the roland pallet in corel it appears purple on the screen but it prints the right colour….
I have just done the same job with rgb colours on the screen and it’s now printing what I see… so all colours must be rgb when printed?
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Might be worth trying some different settings in your Corel Colour manager. What version are you using.
Alan D -
Mo… what you have to remember is that all monitors only display RGB, so your printed output will not look the same because printers can not print RGB.
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yeah, just got that andrew.. i think that’s nailed it, rgb colour on screen matches output on printer, it’s only when I use CMKY colours that i get a mix up.. Thanks guys, thats worked it out for me.. most useful
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That’s a bit unusual as RGB on screen tends to be very vibrant and not possible to reproduce as cmyk. I would be interested to know what version of Draw are you using and what are your settings.
Alan D -
Corel X5 is the first version to actually draw the screen correctly, but X5 sadly is not the best version around.
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i’m using X5 and versaworks….. If I set the colours in X5 to cmky then I have to use the colour chart that I printed direct from the printer for reference.. but RGB seem to be pretty bang on…. If I’m doing basic full colour photo printing then I just import the image direct into versaworks from photoshop.
Print merge was the problem but as soon as I set the colours to rgb it was ok. Corel exports the cdr file direct to versaworks when doing a print merge for numbered labels
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Dave, I’m not sure what is the best version of Draw. I’m using X5 and I wouldn’t want to be without it as for my workflow I’m not finding any deal breaking issues. Colour management did have major work and I think it is the best that’s why I’m curious about Mo’s issues
Alan D
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