When i click open with photoshop it automatically opens in RGB. When I click open with Preview (i'm on a mac) it appears as normal black stripes see first screenshot below. But when I open it in Photoshop (CMYK) the black stripes appear within grey stripes on each side, see screen shot 2 I have been told the barcode won't work that way
I see its RGB/8/cmyk next to the file title and originally it was rgb/8 so can I flip this back to what it was without affecting the original colour values as its vital they are exactly what they were rgb, else all the careful colour values will not work in the flight sim, which is delicate to 1 rgb change, honestly, if its converted it to cmyk That's one of the few occasions where converting from Pantone to RGB would be a safe thing to do - because it's inevitable, it has to be done, because the end user is going to see it as RGB. If it's for any print application, then use an application (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) that will preserve the Pantone number, and tints, in 1 Correct answer. The answer is simple - the numbers you got from whoever supplied them are incomplete in that they are not given in the context of specific colour profiles. Colour numbers - be they RGB numbers, HEX numbers (which are just RGB expressed in base 16 instead of decimal) or CMYK numbers are meaningless on their own. They onlyPress Option + I + M + R keys Photoshop shortcut to convert CMYK to RGB mode. Note To convert RGB mode to CMYK mode, press Option + I + M + C keys together. Pro Tip: Check if the image has converted or not by repeating steps 5 & 6 of Method 1 and see if the option RGB color is ticked or not.Photoshop will complain, and righlty so, but will do what you ask. Theres no way to convert a 3 channel curves layer to a 4 channel curves layer. Because they adjust differnet things. See CMYK is the inevrse of RGB so even the curves layer is now totally different. * Now you can be smart about this and merge down the adjustment before conversion.
Let's say you've done a print project halfway and you realize that you've been using RGB all along. At this point, switching to CMYK is easy, not as the clicTo convert RGB to CMYK, input your RGB color codes to RGB area, for example, rgb (30, 100, 220) To convert RGB to HEX, input codes to RGB area. To convert HEX to CMYK, input your HEX color codes to HEX area, for example, #3b5376. To convert HEX to RGB, input codes to HEX area. Our color code converter will show results interactively.
Well, you can convert the image from CMYK to RGB, then tell it to use the "not so black anymore" color as reference as black. In Photoshop you can use the Image -> Adjustments -> Levels. Select the black eyedropper tool and click on the "not so black area". The area will now be completely black. BUT - this will do changes to the levels of the
Problem is things like blending modes and opacities, etc. do not convert correctly. Best bet is to change modes and then go in an tweak as necessary–this is a problem for RGB to CMYK also. If you flatten you should see less of a color change, however, their can be shifts, even significant shifts when switching from CMYK to RGB. 3fRJn.