Reply To: Convert images to CMYK

Salieri, you bring up some interesting points, but very few people require specific CMYK values for branding inside a photographic image, or use RGB vector images (which I do not recommend in general). There are other times when converting to CMYK before importing into InDesign is helpful, too (for example, there is some color retouching that is impossible to do when the image is still in RGB). But again, this is not common.

The vast majority of InDesign users want to place photographic images on their pages and have high-quality output (whether it is print or on-screen). RGB images is the way to go for this process for almost everyone.