Conversion to CMYK affects image?

[mechro99]

Hi,

I'm trying to put together a CD cover. I have an image that I did in Photoshop and I saved two versions. One as RGB, one as CMYK. When I place them into Illustrator, the CMYK image is abnormally darker than the RGB version, even though they're identical when opened with Photoshop.

When I save the Illustrator file as a PDF, however, both versions are once again identical. Has anyone ever experienced this? Which color should I trust? How do I fix this?

Thanks.

 

[duncdude]

Don't worry about the image display in Illustrator - they are only indicative of how the image will print. They are for positional purposes only.

Duncan

 

[mechro99]

Thanks.

 

[Kliot]

Also keep in mind that your monitor is RGB so if you are looking at a CMYK picture it is being converted to RGB somewhere along the line. The only true test to see how the CMYK picture will look is to print it.

Perrin