Illustrator Color Shift on Export
pechos (120 points) | Wed, 2006-02-01 16:18Hello,
I am wondering if anyone has run into this issue before and if you happen to have a resolution. I have a logo I created in illustrator at 300dpi, CMYK. I am trying to export the logo to a jpeg, or even a tiff, but experience a slight color shift when I do so. I noticed that if I choose the "sve for web" option, things look exactly as they should. Problem is I want the jpeg or tiff saved out higher than 72dpi.
Yes, CMYK is chosen in the export dialog, as well as the logo being created in CMYK. Any suggestions?
Probably a colours profiles/settings problem.
You may check that you are working within a CMYK color profile (I use U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 ) and that when you save off the file that you check the box that embeds the color profile.
I am by no means an expert when it comes to color profiles, but this can have a noticeable effect on the consistancy of your exported art. I am certain there is another professional on here that could lend some expertise to this complex area.
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jpeg does not support CMYK color mode, is only RGB.
you will be able to save a jpeg as CMYK and read it in photoshop, but is not a standard jpeg and most programs will report errors when trying to open it.
if you want to save it as jpeg, make sure you convert it to RGB color mode.
you can actually save a jpeg at more dpi than 72. say 300.
tiff on the other hand supports both rgb and cmyk.
but if you open a cmyk tiff in another program, it really depends on how is the color space set in that particular program. so results will vary visually, although the actual C, M, Y, K values are the same.
Make sure you have the same color settings between AI and Photoshop.
Then try it again. If you save it as jpeg, make sure is RGB.
I usually like to save it as pdf. then import the pdf in photoshop and then export it for screen usage.
i hope it helps. let us know.
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I was starting to get worried that no one was going to even take a stab at this. Thanks for the replies guys. FlubDub, that is interesting, I was not aware that jpegs were not suitable for CMYK. I will have to try to look deeper into all your suggestions whenI get a "free moment", been swamped lately.
The color shift problem for me was occuring because I was trying to give the client a generic jpeg at 300 dpi on disk along with all the source files. As I said before though, when opened in any random image viewer (in this case and most client cases; MS picture viewer) the colors were exactly what I saw in Illi when I "saved for web", but not when I would save as a 300 dpi jpeg, or tiff. Everything turned a much brighter blue.
I will have to check out the suggestions and experiment a bit more this weekend. I will post back with my conclusions. Thanks again everyone, you rock.
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