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• • December 18, 2009 at 12:18 am #54298
    Vincent2

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    Hi.

    Before sending artwork to press, I always have to double check that all my images are CMYK and at 300dpi throughout the document. Is there a script out there to do this automatically or one setup for finished art? If not, can I request for one? Thanks in advance.

    Vincent

  • December 18, 2009 at 9:21 am #54299
    Anonymous

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    The Script

    https://www.zevrix.com/linkoptimizer.php

    Not sure if this one converts colours? https://www.kasyan.ho.com.ua/resize.html

    InDesign

    Well in CS4 I think it gives little icons in the Links panel to indicate what colour space an image is. Which is usually the first clue

    Before CS4 the only way to tell was to go to an image, open the Links Panel and go to Link Information from the fly out menu – the colour space is usually told there for raster images (not so much for vector).

    Photoshop

    If I wanted to make all my images CMYK I'd setup a Batch Action in Photoshop to convert all the images in my Links folder to convert all Images to CMYK – check out these instructions on how to setup a batch you can use whatever commands you want in this case you want Image Mode>CMYK for your action – then run the batch action from the File menu and select your folder you want to convert (make a backup of your images first though just in case something goes wrong) https://www.ehow.com/how_505052…..op-cs.html

    Adobe Bridge

    You could open your links folder through Adobe Bridge and add the Colour Mode into the list information to view through the Preferences –

    

    Convert Through InDesign

    Ok so when you output the PDF you should be able to go the Output options and then select a destination profile

    The destination profile should convert all your images to CMYK. You just need to select the right one for the right job.

    There are Euroscale Coated and Uncoated (Coated and Uncoated refer to the stock of paper – you can check with your printers)

    Then there are the Coated Fogra and Uncoated Fogra – again check with your printer.

    And there is US Web Coated and Uncoated (for a web printer like they print newspapers with)

    US Sheetfed Coated and Uncoated

    These are things you should check with your printer – but I usually go with Coated Fogra 39 or Uncoated Fogra 27

    

    Can't really think of other ways I'd go about it?

    Generally I don't worry too much about it – unless it was an Art book or something with really fine quality that required a lot of control – I'd usually use RGB images in InDesign and convert to CMYK on output.

  • December 18, 2009 at 10:11 am #54300
    Theunis De Jong

    Member

    Can't really think of other ways I'd go about it?

    A custom Preflight (CS4) comes to mind. One-click access to all suspect items.

  • December 18, 2009 at 11:21 am #54301
    Anonymous

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    Yeh – that is true – although not really got into CS4 yet – most peopel I deal with haven't upgraded – so stuck in CS3 land :(

  • December 21, 2009 at 9:34 pm #54313
    Vincent2

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    Thanks for the reply. I haven't thought about using bridge to check images, and that plug-in from zevrix is exactly what we all need!

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