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PDF Color

Many details on color usage in PDF and PostScript have been published by Adobe and other sources, but it can be a daunting task to understand it, much less put it into practical use. This Learning Center discusses the color secrets of PDF and their associated myths. It also attempts to provide a clearer picture of how color is applied in PDF as well as the related issues for composite color prepress workflows.

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Gary Armstrong

Founder and former CEO of Lantana, and now VP of Sales at ARTS PDF (ARTS PDF and Planet PDF are both divisions of BinaryThing), Gary has extensive knowledge of PDF in the graphic arts industry. Lantana was initially an Adobe partner doing hardware development for their OEMS,...  More


 

PDF and Color Spaces

By Gary Armstrong

An introduction to color spaces and the use of color management processes to ensure faithful print production output.

Color Spaces in Practice

By Gary Armstrong

So which color space is the best? How do PDF color spaces relate to those for PostScript? These and other real-World considerations are tackled in this piece.

RGB versus CMYK

By Gary Armstrong

Details the relative strengths and weaknesses of these two approaches: additive and subtractive colors.

About ICC

By Gary Armstrong

The International Color Consorium (ICC for short) is both the standards body resonsible for the creation of device-independent color profiles and the profiles themselves. Find out more about the profiles, their formation, and their authors.

PDF Creation Tips

By Gary Armstrong

Tips and hints on the best ways to create your PDF files to avoid color management headaches downstream.

Life as a PDF

By Gary Armstrong

Addresses potential issues and several 3rd party troubleshooting tools for various phases of the print workflow.

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