Expert: Ran - 7/31/2009

Question
QUESTION: How to change the Texture fill color mode from RGB to CMYK?

ANSWER: Hi Moni

Unfortunately you are restricted to the RGB color mode with textured fills.

Here is a quote from the dialog in X4:
Texture fills are rendered as bitmaps and hence are optimised to retain colors selected from the RGB color model. All other color models used to select texture fill parameters will be converted to RGB.



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QUESTION: Thank you Ran for your ans. but I want to know if I fill with (RGB) texture and send it for 4 color plate (for offset Printing) then the color will be discolored and the what I seen in the monitor the output not be same. So what I have to do?

Answer
If the accuracy of the color is important, perhaps it is better that you do not use Texture Fill at all.

However, providing your imagesetter will accept the RGB object (and convert it into CMYK at the plates), AND providing you use RGB colors which are within the CMYK gamut, the colors should not change very much.

If you try this, be aware that the CMYK gamut is MUCH less than RGB. This is because monitors emit light whereas paper reflects it. See here for more details: http://www.newhorizons.co.uk/press/jargon.htm (scroll to the bottom)