This is a note on what I have found out so far about setting up prints for printing in a Blurb book. Whether anyone finds this of any use is not really the point - it helps me:
Tutorial Training Video
Blurb use an in depth video produced by xcite to give you information about how to set your monitor up and ICC profiles etc. One or two points with the video:
- The video mentions a location where the ICC profile can be downloaded. This location does not exist;
- '...Blurb does not technically honor color/ICC profiles...' is the starting statement from the Blurb support site. This probably explains why No 1. does not work. The info on producing a PDF file for Blurb also provide some information around the whole ICC profile question.
- An independent user has produced a ICC profile which mirrors the one that Blurb uses. This is mentioned in Blurb's official blog - however when you go to the blog site it is covered in so many legal get outs that you have to wonder if it is worth using. Note: This was published in 2007 so how up to date this is really has to be questioned.
So from all of this I think the best way forward would be to use the standard CMYK profile in photoshop and then soft proof using this. According to the Xcite tutorial you loose about 10 % of the gamut compared to the Blurb profiles - however, as Blurb do not state what their profile is then this is a bit difficult to varify.
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