Strange behaviour with CMYK colour

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propage
Jul 15, 2004
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Folks

I have a problem in Photoshop 6.01 on running on OS9.22 that I have never had before.

If I make a foreground colour of 0,64,100,0 and then fill an area with the paintbucket the colour in the ‘info’ window shows it as 1,64,100,1.

I have color managment off. What is going on?? This has me baffled

Thanks
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Laurentiu_Todie
Jul 15, 2004
Was the file ever a JPEG?
Why use the bucket and not a curve?
What’s the blending mode of the paint bucket?
Why are you working in CMYK? : )
Why do you care about 1%?
What do you think "color managment off" means?

I think you’ll survive! : )

(watch out for a guy named Mo!)
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propage
Jul 15, 2004
Laurentiu

1. The file was a jpeg but has since been saved as psd file

2. The bucket I believe is the correct tool to flood a background

3. Blending mode is ‘Normal’

4. I work in print therefore CMYK is correct

5. I care about 1% because this image then sits in Quark on a larger background that is 0,64,100,0

6. Not sure what you mean here. Off is off isn’t it?
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Laurentiu_Todie
Jul 15, 2004
I’d make the quark background a picture box filled with a small cropped area of the photo. The resolution is not important for flat areas, so you can stretch a small file across the page.

The 1% is a Photoshop bug in documents that were once JPEG.
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Ann_Shelbourne
Jul 15, 2004
Wasn’t the scum dot problem fixed in 7.0.1?

And you don’t need the paint-bucket to fill a background (unless you need its built-in magic wand feature).

Just fill your foreground swatch with the color you need and hit "Option Delete" to fill the selected area.
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Mike_Ornellas
Jul 15, 2004
Change the color engine in the color settings. For sure the Heidelberg color engine creates a scum dot. It could as well be the rendering intent along with a bad or poorly made profile.

Yes–the patch for 7.0.1 fixed a scum dot issue with JPG files as well.
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g_ballard
Jul 15, 2004
I have color managment off.

You may think so, but that is not the case, "You can’t turn CM off."

Unless you’re working in a cave, and never open anyone elses files, and never have color problems, you may be wise to turn CM on and figure what’s actually going on…

<http://www.gballard.net/psd/honormyembeddedprofile.html>

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