RGB
& CMYK 3D Image Types
Most people are at a loss as to what the differences are
between RGB and CYMK, let alone understand why there has
to be a difference. It used to be an absolute pain to handle
conversions between the two formats, with a struggle between
us as 3D artists and graphic designers that were not up
to speed on modern artwork and a little stubborn as to
the need to learn.
RGB stands for Red Green Blue, the three colours that
are mixed on a computer screen to display the desired image.
All computer screens work in RGB and all 3D Renderings
are made in RGB.
CMYK stands for Cyan Magenta Yellow Key, with the "Key"
being black. These colours match those used in the traditional
printing process. Graphic designers prepare a lot of their
work in CMYK and deal with the differences in translation
on a computer screen. There are often slight variations
between the display of the two formats.
When our 3D Renderings first came out there was a lot
of conflict as Graphic Designers were at a loss as to how
to handle them. Problems with inaccurate representation
of colours were happening and some designers just gave
up on using our work directly and just printed it and re-scanned
it in CMYK, often leading to a big degradation in quality.
Today modern printers and designers have no problem in
dealing with the two formats, which was especially necessary
when digital cameras became popular, which are also RGB
format.
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