identify says eps is cmyk, illustrator says it's rgb

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geroldboehler

identify says eps is cmyk, illustrator says it's rgb

Post by geroldboehler »

hi all,

well, i think the subject explains everything :)
this eps file shows up in illustrator cs4 as RGB but identify says it's cmyk.

here's the output from identify:

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Image: flickr.eps
  Format: EPT (Encapsulated PostScript with TIFF preview)
  Class: DirectClass
  Geometry: 282x78+0+0
  Resolution: 72x72
  Print size: 3.91667x1.08333
  Units: Undefined
  Type: ColorSeparation
  Base type: ColorSeparation
  Endianess: Undefined
  Colorspace: CMYK
  Depth: 8-bit
  Channel depth:
    cyan: 8-bit
    magenta: 8-bit
    yellow: 8-bit
    black: 1-bit
  Channel statistics:
    cyan:
      min: 0 (0)
      max: 215 (0.843137)
      mean: 77.9288 (0.305603)
      standard deviation: 101.36 (0.397492)
      kurtosis: -1.6405
      skewness: 0.570867
    magenta:
      min: 0 (0)
      max: 247 (0.968627)
      mean: 73.1083 (0.286699)
      standard deviation: 85.7154 (0.336139)
      kurtosis: -1.39429
      skewness: 0.491717
    yellow:
      min: 0 (0)
      max: 25 (0.0980392)
      mean: 1.49027 (0.0058442)
      standard deviation: 5.81411 (0.0228004)
      kurtosis: 11.9174
      skewness: 3.71281
    black:
      min: 0 (0)
      max: 0 (0)
      mean: 0 (0)
      standard deviation: 0 (0)
      kurtosis: 0
      skewness: 0
  Image statistics:
    OverAll:
      min: 0 (0)
      max: 247 (0.968627)
      mean: 30.5055 (0.119629)
      standard deviation: 69.8883 (0.274072)
      kurtosis: 2.24168
      skewness: 1.9952
  Total ink density: 147%
  Histogram:
     12097: (  0,  0,  0,  0) #00000000 black
      7446: (215,161,  0,  0) #D7A10000 cmyk(215,161,0,0)
      1192: (  0,247, 25,  0) #00F71900 cmyk(0,247,25,0)
       378: (157,118,  0,  0) #9D760000 cmyk(157,118,0,0)
       316: ( 57, 42,  0,  0) #392A0000 cmyk(57,42,0,0)
        74: (114, 85,  0,  0) #72550000 cmyk(114,85,0,0)
        72: (  0,181, 18,  0) #00B51200 cmyk(0,181,18,0)
        41: (  0, 65,  6,  0) #00410600 cmyk(0,65,6,0)
        38: (  0,131, 13,  0) #00830D00 cmyk(0,131,13,0)
        38: (200,150,  0,  0) #C8960000 cmyk(200,150,0,0)
        36: ( 14, 10,  0,  0) #0E0A0000 cmyk(14,10,0,0)
        35: ( 43, 32,  0,  0) #2B200000 cmyk(43,32,0,0)
        28: (172,128,  0,  0) #AC800000 cmyk(172,128,0,0)
        26: ( 28, 21,  0,  0) #1C150000 cmyk(28,21,0,0)
        20: (186,139,  0,  0) #BA8B0000 cmyk(186,139,0,0)
        19: ( 86, 64,  0,  0) #56400000 cmyk(86,64,0,0)
        19: (100, 75,  0,  0) #644B0000 cmyk(100,75,0,0)
        18: (129, 96,  0,  0) #81600000 cmyk(129,96,0,0)
        16: ( 71, 53,  0,  0) #47350000 cmyk(71,53,0,0)
        13: (  0,148, 15,  0) #00940F00 cmyk(0,148,15,0)
        13: (  0,230, 23,  0) #00E61700 cmyk(0,230,23,0)
        11: (143,107,  0,  0) #8F6B0000 cmyk(143,107,0,0)
        10: (  0, 16,  1,  0) #00100100 cmyk(0,16,1,0)
         8: (  0, 82,  8,  0) #00520800 cmyk(0,82,8,0)
         7: (  0, 49,  5,  0) #00310500 cmyk(0,49,5,0)
         7: (  0,214, 21,  0) #00D61500 cmyk(0,214,21,0)
         5: (  0, 98, 10,  0) #00620A00 cmyk(0,98,10,0)
         4: (  0, 32,  3,  0) #00200300 cmyk(0,32,3,0)
         4: (  0,115, 11,  0) #00730B00 cmyk(0,115,11,0)
         3: (  0,164, 16,  0) #00A41000 cmyk(0,164,16,0)
         2: (  0,197, 20,  0) #00C51400 cmyk(0,197,20,0)
  Rendering intent: Undefined
  Interlace: None
  Background color: white
  Border color: cmyk(223,223,223,0)
  Matte color: grey74
  Transparent color: black
  Page geometry: 282x78+0+0
  Dispose: Undefined
  Iterations: 0
  Compression: Undefined
  Orientation: Undefined
  Properties:
    create-date: 2009-05-06T13:32:50+02:00
    modify-date: 2009-05-06T13:32:50+02:00
    ps:HiResBoundingBox: 282x78+0+0
    ps:Level: Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
    ps:SpotColor-0: procset Adobe_CoolType_Utility_T42 1.0 0
    ps:SpotColor-1: procset Adobe_CoolType_Utility_MAKEOCF 1.19 0
    ps:SpotColor-2: procset Adobe_CoolType_Core 2.23 0
    ps:SpotColor-3: procset Adobe_AGM_Core 2.0 0
    ps:SpotColor-4: procset Adobe_AGM_Utils 1.0 0
    signature: 03f32e37c7a5ef9be1a6e41deea371c6cda2dcf30f739c08aeefd608bd0e8f44
  Artifacts:
    verbose: true
  Tainted: False
  Filesize: 86kb
  Number pixels: 21.5kb
  Version: ImageMagick 6.5.1-0 2009-05-06 Q8 http://www.imagemagick.org
thanks for any hints

cheers gerold
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Re: identify says eps is cmyk, illustrator says it's rgb

Post by magick »

ImageMagick says its CMYK because it includes this DSC statement:
  • DocumentProcessColors: Cyan Magenta Yellow
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Re: identify says eps is cmyk, illustrator says it's rgb

Post by geroldboehler »

alright, thanks a lot magick
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