Need Info on RGB to CMYK

Hi,
I am new to Illustrator (CS5) and not fully comfortable with RGB vs CMYK. For instance, I created a logo for use on the web using Document Color Mode: RGB where my background color in RGB is 0, 0, 130. When I create a Print document using Document Color Mode: CMYK and copy the logo into the print document, it converts that background color to CMYK (C:100, M:98, Y:16 K:18) where the RGB is now (44, 45, 111).
Is there a way to get a closer match to the original RGB color 0, 0, 130? When the specifications for the print advertisement says images must be in CMYK, I hope I am accomplishing this by using the Print Document Color Mode of CMYK vs RGB? I feel somewhat ignorant on utilizing the RGB vs CMYK color modes and if anyone can give me a tip on what techniques they use to get a closer match of colors for RGB to CMYK or vice versa, I would love to hear it.
Thank you,
Keith

Keith,
First, be aware that you have posted to the Photoshop forum, not the Illustrator forum. The general concepts of color and color management are the same across the spectrum of digital imaging. However, its implementation is slightly different from application to application, so you may also want to post your question to the Illlustrator forum.
[EDIT: Brain fart on my part... This is the color management forum, NOT the Photoshop forum, so you are in the right place! (I spend most of my time in the Photoshop forum; I lost track of where I was...)]
That said, you're running up against a general concept: color gamut.
The color you've spec'd in your RGB file (0/0/130 - and we'll assume for now that it's in the sRGB color space) is outside the gamut of every CMYK color space. That means that the RGB color you see can not be reproduced using a mix of the four CMYK process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, black). When converting to CMYK, the software picks the closest color that is within the gamut of the CMYK space, hence the color shift.
When you're designing for CMYK, it's best to work in soft-proof mode which allows you to see a pretty close approximation of what your colors will look like in the final color output space - in your case, CMYK.
In Photoshop, to turn on soft-proof, go to View > Proof Setup> Custom... and choose the CMYK output space that matches the press conditions you are designing for.
There are books written about this, but hopefully this short answer points you in the right direction.
Message was edited by: Rick McCleary

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As I'm unable to submit a user tip yet, I thought I'd share my solution here for anyone looking to simulate CMYK channels in Motion/FCPX.
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Use a free FCPX/Motion 5 plugin caled PixelConduit, a node-based visual effects design system. Install the plugin before launching Motion.
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Cyan    = ( ( 1 - Red )   - Black ) / ( 1 - Black )
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Yellow = ( ( 1 - Blue ) - Black ) / ( 1 - Black )
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Clone your source clip four times. Call the clones 'Cyan', 'Magenta', 'Yellow' and 'Black'. Navigate to Library > Filters > Conduit Effect System, choose Conduit and apply it to each clone layer. In Inspector, click 'Show Conduit Editor' and assemble the following node tree for each layer:
K (black) layer:
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Colour values used in Colorize filter:
Remap White To:
1, 1, 1 (all)
Remap Black To:
0, 0.61, 0.89 (cyan)
1, 0, 0.5 (magenta)
1, 0.95, 0 (yellow)
0, 0, 0 (black)
That's it! Hope it can help anyone :^)

As I'm unable to submit a user tip yet, I thought I'd share my solution here for anyone looking to simulate CMYK channels in Motion/FCPX.
PROBLEM
For some reason you want to convert your RGB source clip to extract individual CMYK (Cyan, Mangenta, Yellow, blacK) channels. For example you'd want to simulate the printing process of a book on a printing press.
SOLUTION
Use a free FCPX/Motion 5 plugin caled PixelConduit, a node-based visual effects design system. Install the plugin before launching Motion.
To extract CMYK channels, I used a (linear) RGB to CMYK formula:
Black   = Math.min( 1 - Red, 1 - Green, 1 - Blue )
Cyan    = ( ( 1 - Red )   - Black ) / ( 1 - Black )
Magenta = ( ( 1 - Green ) - Black ) / ( 1 - Black )
Yellow = ( ( 1 - Blue ) - Black ) / ( 1 - Black )
and translated it to PixelConduit's nodes.
Clone your source clip four times. Call the clones 'Cyan', 'Magenta', 'Yellow' and 'Black'. Navigate to Library > Filters > Conduit Effect System, choose Conduit and apply it to each clone layer. In Inspector, click 'Show Conduit Editor' and assemble the following node tree for each layer:
K (black) layer:
C (cyan), M (magenta) and Y (yellow) layers are identical except the first channel selection:
So, for M and Y layers change the 'Separate RGBA' node to output the green and blue channel respectively. You can copy/paste the whole node tree between intances of the filter so you don't have to create everything again from scratch.
You should now have four layers outputting a simulation of C, M, Y and K channel in greyscale. If you'd like to present these channels in colour you'd need to add Colorize filter to each clone layer:
And finally, if you use Multiply Blend Mode for each clone layer group you'll get a pretty close colour composition to the original source clip! By fine-tuning colour values in Colorize filters and/or tone curves in Conduit you could probably get a perfect conversion.
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Tech....
In the conversions, are you referring to conversions of B&W or color images? I'll assume color for the moment.
Assuming your monitor is properly calibrated, and assuming you are viewing your color images on your monitor, your conversions should keep "in gamut" colors the same. You will, however, probably see some loss of dynamic range, color, and saturation as you enter CMYK. If the color and dynamic range of the original is all within the destination CMYK gamut, you should see very little, if any, shift. The sad fact is that CMYK on press has limited dynamic range and color, especially compared to a bright monitor. This is generally true, though CMYK can print some colors that lie outside the typical monitor's gamut.
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BTW, rendering intent is only used when getting an image from one color space to another, such as a conversion from RGB to CMYK. You do that, choosing the one that looks the best. Once it is in the destination CMYK space, rendering intent is no longer needed, since all the colors and tones have already been remapped into the final space. Rendering intent is just used to help us handle those out of gamut colors.
Hope this helps.
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We need to know some more information.
1. The book consists of 144 pages, and each page is in fact an RGB image in TIFF format.
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All this can be done by an action (I hope so...).
Much better would be a new start by InDesign with typographical text (K-only vector instead of raster)
with images in RGB or CMYK, taking into account the intended process.
Note: Photoshop can deliver vector text, if exported as PDF.
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

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Regards,
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The driver expects RGB data. The actual color inks in the printer use CMYK but that is handled by the driver, the applications need to send RGB data to the driver.
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