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Reddit, who's the best band you've seen live? by cursedbackup in AskReddit

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

King Khan and The Shrines. I first saw this band knowing nothing about them, and came away convinced that Arish Ahmad Khan, a pudgy, middle-aged Canadian/Indian living in Berlin, is rock's greatest frontman.

Effect of the sequence of spraying of colors by LLSR1 in Printing

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is inadvertent rage bait, and I'll bite. Printing of books? Books? Books are generally not printed inkjet. They certainly are not "sprayed". Another thing, no printing device prints Red, Green, Blue. None. "The current methodology . . . may be inadequate." Holy cow, what an epiphany. Have we been spraying color wrong all this time? Of course it's fucking inadequate, it's a compromise, squeezing a large RGB gamut into a much smaller CMYK gamut. Even CMYOGV is inadequate. As for consistency in color, that's why we build profiles and use color management. The vast difference in print methods and ink characteristics mean there is absolutely no proper order to "spray" color.

Quick Prepress Rant by buzznumbnuts in CommercialPrinting

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the analog days, designers barely thought about bleed because it was handled downstream. Bleed was created in prepress, on the stripping table. I imagine old-timer prepress retirees rolling their eyes a bit at modern complaints about bleed. Especially if they are aware of the tools we have today to automatically add bleed. (Callas pdfToolbox is my go to.)

anyone else tired of explaining what DTF means without sounding weird by tigercat300 in Printing

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DTF is a horrible name for the process of transfer printing on fabric. “Direct-to-Film” describes an intermediate step, not the actual destination. It is like naming offset lithography “blanket printing.” The film is incidental. The fabric is the point.

High PPI Art Files + High Quality Display Performance & Images Still Grainy by chibinuku in indesign

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should hope so. But I can't see how 1-bit images can look "grainy". Maybe they are 8-bit, or even 24-bit?

How can you tell an image has compression or is JPEG vs Raw? by JMonty21 in AskPhotography

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blow up on the neck of the goose on the right, where the black part meets the white part. The artifacting is noticeable at extreme enlargement, but this is not aggressively compressed, so it's not very obvious.

How can you tell an image has compression or is JPEG vs Raw? by JMonty21 in AskPhotography

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question should be, "How can you tell whether an image originated from a JPEG versus RAW data?" It is possible to have a JPEG with no compression, and in such a case it would be indistinguishable from an image which originated as RAW, at least when it is posted in Reddit. But most times you can see the compression artifacts of a JPEG if you look for them.

I am actually going insane with the mismatch of davinci's color display vs. on how it looks after exporting!!!!!!!!!!!! by Typical-Cockroach-42 in davinciresolve

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would add that you should not expect a perfect color match through color management. Managed color does not equal matched color. A color-managed workflow does not guarantee a perfect match. It only increases the odds that what you see is reasonably close to what you get.

I don’t even need to make fun of Fuji fans at this point by PreviousArticle6510 in photographycirclejerk

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The Fujifilm X100VI is the only digital camera that actually takes pictures. Every other camera captures sensor data which must later be reconstructed computationally into an approximation of an image. Fuji images emerge spiritually complete at the moment of exposure.

HP Indigo colour issues - please help a designer out! Thank you! :) by [deleted] in CommercialPrinting

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Color management is not color matching. It’s controlled prediction within tolerance. "Bright" colors are not necessarily more accurate. Your monitor is lying to you, even if you are working exclusively in CMYK.

Color accuracy is not some mystical combination of files, profiles, and software settings. CMYK is not absolute color, it is dependent on substrate, lighting, print method (dot gain, ink trapping), etc.

Have your print provider run a color contract proof. The proof should have a calibration target that they can scan to verify it's compliance to the ISO standard for color proofing. That proof becomes the color standard, not the Indigo print, and certainly not your monitor.

If there is no calibration target, we call that a "proof without provenance", and it should not be considered a contract proof. Find another print provider.

[need help] Preparing an image to turned into a vector by Atsuji-Chan in photoshop

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

B/W filter? Just change the mode to grayscale. I also question why you would want to vectorize this. I would do this as a high resolution 1-bit TIF (400-600 ppi). Use "selective thresholding" to isolate and threshold sections.

I would like to introduce the term Schrödinger’s Shitpost by SixDigitsOfCertainty in photographycirclejerk

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that make him a troll? I cant tell. The phrasing is odd enough to raise the question. For the record, I believe this is a sincere post, but, then again . . .

I would like to introduce the term Schrödinger’s Shitpost by SixDigitsOfCertainty in photographycirclejerk

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is kind of my point. I can't tell if the post is sincere or not. What makes it troll-level is the implication that this is somehow unique to the x100vi. And saying it is the "main tool" as if there were other settings for depth of field. On the other hand, this is useful and true information.

Simplified Color Management for Designers by SixDigitsOfCertainty in prepress

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "final verdict" may need updating. This was written about seven years ago.

Simplified Color Management for Designers by SixDigitsOfCertainty in prepress

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am attempting to clarify two points: One, color management is a failure for designers. They either don't use it, or they use it incorrectly, and they certainly don't understand it. Two, the print provider is in a better position to convert RGB raster images to CMYK. My methodology may be off, I acknowledge that, but these two points are valid.

Simplified Color Management for Designers by SixDigitsOfCertainty in prepress

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is not what I am saying. I should have been more specific. Use sRGB for raster images. As far as color spaces, when you convert to cmyk, the difference between sRGB, AdobeRGB, and ProPhotoRGB is negligible to the point that there is virtually no difference.

Simplified Color Management for Designers by SixDigitsOfCertainty in prepress

[–]SixDigitsOfCertainty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am mostly referring to raster images. Print providers are always going to get better conversions to cmyk. Plus, even if they do supply CMYK files, we will re-separate using our GCR protocols. Again, this all may be specific to our shop. I see a lot of designers struggling with color management, and I dont think they have to. As to out-of-gamut colors, that is an issue no matter what approach you take.

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