Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Why you should work in RGB
In this lesson, you start and stay in the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color mode. There are
two reasons for this: you i nd more tools are available in RGB mode, and changes to color
values in RGB degrade your image less than if you are working in CMYK. If you were
sending this image to a commercial printer, you would make sure your color settings were
accurate, do all your retouching, and then convert your image to CMYK by choosing
Image > Mode > CMYK Color.
If you want to see the CMYK preview while working in RGB, press Ctrl+Y (Windows) or
Command+Y (Mac OS). This way, you can work in the RGB mode while you see the CMYK
preview on your screen. This is a toggle keyboard shortcut, meaning that if you press Ctrl+Y
or Command+Y again, the preview is turned of . You may not see a dif erence in the image,
depending upon the range of colors, but the title tab indicates that you are in CMYK preview
mode by displaying /CMYK after the title of the image.
