Re: CMYK or RGB? Macintosh or Windows? How's a poor guy to upgrade?

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Windows GDI may produce only RGB, but serious publishing programs
(such as those mentioned by Hedley in his initial post + the likes
of FreeHand, CorelDRAW, and Quark XPress) all output composite
CMYK and separations. The only problematic publishing programs 
with regards to "missing" composite CMYK color are FrameMaker and
Microsoft Publisher. Hedley didn't have FrameMaker as a requirement.
Except for FrameMaker, this "RGB" thing just doesn't ring true!

        - Dov


At 10/17/2002 09:22 PM, quills@airmail.net wrote:
>At 5:49 AM +0400 10/18/02, Dmitri Yunov wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>InDesign 2 is OS X native and
>>> looks very nice on the Mac. Windows XP Profession is a very impressive OS
>>> (in my opinion), but the Mac is still a superior graphics platform,
>>> especially with InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop family.
>>Agree, but I also know A LOT of designers and pre-press firms who make four
>>and more color HQ production on Wintel.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Dm
></snip>
>
>True, but Windows only produces RGB color, which is luminescent, not CYMK which is reflective. You can work around the RGB problem, but it is still a problem, and makes you work around it. If you want to do print work, the more efficient and and reliable way to produce color is with a platform that outputs CYMK.
>
>You can program using Notepad, too. But why would anyone want to?
>
>Scott


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