Revamp Your Designs: RGB to CMYK Conversion, No Color Loss! Converting RGB (Red, Green, Blue) images to CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) is a crucial step for professionals working in the printing industry or preparing designs for print. However, this process often poses challenges as RGB and CMYK color spaces differ significantly. I have four TIFF images each ~20Mb (around 75000px by 45000 px). I want to import all four in Illustrator, color them in CMYK (weird that Illustrator shows they are around 800px by 500px) then press on transparency, Multiply. However, the file size given by Illustrator is 1.7GB and I cannot print them because Illustrator keeps crashing. Here's a better idea design in cmyk using the rgb values of each color so their won't be any surprises 😉. In Canva you can design only in RGB values. If I understand it correctly no matter what hex code you use in Canva when manufacturing it will be automatically transformed to its cmyk equivalent. For a bitmap (jpeg, etc.,) in PhotoPaint, on the menu, Click on Image->Convert To CMYK Color. Cancel; Up Bitmap / convert to bitmap, choose CMYK and the resultion If you are supplying artwork in the original format, it is best to convert colors to CMYK before supplying artwork and files, that way you have a better idea of what the colors will look like when they are printed and avoid any problems with shifts in color that might occur. How to Convert RGB to CMYK Without Losing Color . It is important to Yes, if both use the same settings, the result is the same. The Image > Mode command was around long before Convert to Profile. Image > Mode uses the “locked in” colour settings, while Convert to Profile can change settings “on the fly” with live preview. For most conversions Image > Mode has been depreciated and Convert to Profile is The file uses swatches, thankfully. So I painted each swatch into a Photoshop file and used its much more robust Convert to Profile feature to convert those swatches to CMYK. I am hoping to preserve as much of the saturation and contrast as possible. Before. After. It's definitely losing something in the conversion, which is unavoidable. Open the Procreate gallery and click the Plus sign (+) at the top right. From the “New Canvas” menu tap the black rectangle with a mini plus sign (+) The “Custom Canvas” opens. Tap “Color Profile” on the left-hand menu. Choose “CMYK” for printing physical prints. Choose “Generic CMYK Profile”. ebW4CC1.