[V Shane]

I was wondering if this will work or if it even makes sense let alone a difference.

I am starting a painting (between Photo7 and Painter7, both use Adobe 1998 RGB ICC and Photo 5 CMYK), so what I have done is starting the painting in CMYK mode photoshop. I have a pallette layer of all the major 4 basic colors I am using in the painting from light to dark, gradations. I then convert it to RGB, then work the painting through both programs only sampling the virtual pallette in the file itself and not from the software RGB pallette. Does this make sense and do you think it will work to cut down the CMYK transition changes of color and contrast once finished and the RGB is turned to CMYK?

V Shane

[B0b]

RGB enables you to work with a pallet of 16.7 million colours, but as soon as you convert to CMYK your stuck with 12.5 thousand colours (so your loveley blends and gradients will loose some of the smoothness that they get in RGB), be very carefull when swapping from RGB->CMYK or CMYK->RGB