conversion to CMYK darkens 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.

 

[blueark]

It's probably just a proxy image that you are seeing on screen. Maybe embedding it will help: Open the 'Links' palette, select your image, and in the flyout menu on the palette, select 'Embed Image'.

 

[askIllustrator]

Make sure both AI and PS are useing the same color settings. There is a little darkening with CMYK conversion but Photoshop has made it pretty painless. The addition of a fourth color (the black plate) tends to darken things but again, photoshop is pretty darn good at compensating for that.

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