ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR WINDOWS 17 ILLUSTRATOR AND PHOTOSHOP COLORS DON T MATCH
From: tony_walton@no-spam
Subject: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 12:34:27 -0800


I am using Illustrator9 and photoshop7 CM on Cmyk workflow.
exact same color in photoshop does not look even close with the same color in Illustator. and when I put them in IDcs photoshop looks good but
Illustrator looks even more different? In Design same settings. Help job needs to go to press asap.
























From: Jacob_Bugge@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:25:45 -0800

Tony, have you read the topic Placing Image in Illustrator seem darker, latest post (right now Mar 30), about a possible mismatch in colour management?



From: tony_walton@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:50:01 -0800

Yes I saw those but the Illustrator image is placed in IDCS all the profiles are the same the actual cmyk numbers are the same but it is a different color actually lighter tone. I havent had this kind of problem in years of using Adobe products. Lots of press print work. I must be missing something.



From: LenHewitt@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:22:35 -0800

Tony,

Have you saved your colour settings to a .CSF file and Loaded that same file in to all 3 applications? That's what you need to do to get consistent colour across the 3 apps.


From: Narayan_Raum@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:17:55 -0700

I don't understand how they can print differently when you are using the exact same CMYK numbers. For example, I setup an InDesign file with three blue boxes.


1) Illustrator File placed in InDesign 2) Photoshop File placed in InDesign 3) Box created in InDesign itself
I export to CMYK PDF and print it out on a CMYK printer. The Illustrator and Indesign colors match, but the Photoshop blue looks purple.


Can you give a little more info on how to save colour settings to a .CSF file? Thanks.



From: Anna_Genova@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:46:20 -0700

I have Illustrator CMYK color (0, 2,20,2), neeed to use the same CMYK color in InDesign file, when i print the artwork color don't really match. Illustrator color is visibly lighter than ID color. Any ideas what I should do?



From: LenHewitt@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:27:32 -0700

Anna,

What versions of Illustrator and ID?

Assuming Illustrator 9 or later and ID2.0 or later, from Illustrator's Edit>Colour Settings d/box SAVE your colour settings to a colour settings file (.CSF)

From ID's Edit>Colour Settings d/box LOAD the CSF file you just saved. You can now be sure both applications are using the same colour settings.


From: Anna_Genova@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:46:45 -0700

I have Illustrator 10, InDesign 2 .
I did what you suggested but the color was still different when I printed it. The Illustrator is lighter then InDesign.



From: Narayan_Raum@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:12:42 -0700

You know, believe it or not, this does not work. At least not for me. Here's my scenario, hopefully one of you Gurus can help me out.


I opened up 3 applications on my Macintosh OS 10.3 Panther. Applications are Indesign CS, Illustrator CS, Photoshop CS.


I created a .CSF file from Illustrator using the settings: US Prepress Defaults, no Advanced.

I saved this file, and loaded it into InDesign CS and Photoshop CS.

Next I created a square PSD file in Photoshop with the following values: C10 M15 Y60 B5

Then I created the same shape in Illustrator EPS format with same values.
Then I created a new InDesign file, and placed these two files in the document. Then in InDesign, I created a third square with the same values. I lined them all up against eachother, and exported a PDF using the PDF X-3 Preset.


Shipped the PDF over to a windows machine and printed to a CMYK printer from Acrobat.

The Illustrator EPS and the InDesign Squares match up, but the Photoshop file is much lighter.


What do you suggest?


From: LenHewitt@no-spam
Subject: Re: illustrator and photoshop colors don't match
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:56:38 -0700

Narayan,

Following your workflow, (but using my own .CSF - AdobeRGB(1998), Euroscale Coated V2, Gray Gamma 2.2, d/g 20%, Relative Colormetric and ACE) the only time I can detect any difference is if opening the PDF as an RGB document in Photoshop - then I do see/measure slightly lighter colour from the Photoshop-originated area, but the ID and Illustrator created swatches are identical (which is what Anna was asking about)