CMYK Color in OGPro

[Clinton C.MacDonald]

Dr. Sanchez:

(By the way, I am not convinced that my reply to you made it to the 
entire list, so you might want to quote my message if you respond.)

On Sep 19, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Edwin Sanchez wrote:

> Thanks for the advice. I was tempted to try conversion in Photoshop, 
> so now I know to avoid that approach.

All I can say is, the one time I tried making the conversion to CMYK, 
the proofs I received from the printer were as bad or worse than if I 
had left it RGB. I had better luck when the printer made the transition 
to RGB.

> I will contact the editor and see what their real policy is. I have a 
> feeling that many editorial offices now work with print houses that 
> are willing to convert RGB to CMYK. Last manuscript, I inadvertently 
> submitted RGB graphics, yet those were accepted and the final 
> published images were very close to the originals.

That sounds like a good plan. Printing houses are *finally* entering 
the new digital age. :-)

> By the way, do you use OGPro to make your illustrations etc?

Mostly, I use OmniGraffle "Amateur" to make illustrations for Apple 
Keynote graphics, at which OmniGraffle excels (Keynote has only the 
most rudimentary drawing capabilities). Although not perfect (for 
instance, if I copy two items from OG and paste them into Keynote, they 
become a single, uneditable object), OG uses the same palettes and a 
similar user interface as does Keynote, so they blend in quite well. 
For manuscript figures, I use the venerable Canvas because of its large 
degree of control.

Incidentally, an interesting free graphics program (that comes from the 
unlikely source of Microsoft) is Expression, published under the 
Creature House imprint:

<http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/default.asp?pg=dl>

I think that Expression is cross platform, though that is not why I use 
it. Instead, I like Expression for its great variety of line strokes -- 
lines that look like paintbrush-like, flames, etc. Expression was the 
first graphics program that allowed me to make a passable imitation of 
a DNA double helix using a sine-wave line stroke. I would love to make 
a double helix graphic in OmniGraffle -- does anyone know how this 
could be done? Perhaps the OmniGroup developers could take a look at 
Expression for some ideas on line stroke options.

> Thanks again....Eddie

Good luck with your manuscript!

Best wishes,
Clint

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