This is the original Clip Studio Paint JPEG
Clip Studio Paint Relative Colorimetric CMYK Export
CSP Perceptual CMYK export
CSP Absolute Perceptual CMYK export
The Clip Studio Paint CMYK exports are way off target. I must be doing something wrong. However, I can always fall back into the strong arms of Photoshop when it’s time to publish.
This is the Photoshop CMYK export.
This is the CMYK export from Clip Studio Paint EX
This is the sRGB export of the same image from CSP
Photoshop CMYK export
Today I encountered the Clip Studio CMYK oddity. The CSP export has garish, almost neon colors that certainly will not print correctly. The CSP jpeg looks like it should, but the CMYK export is wacky. I’m going to assume that it’s not CSP, but me. I must be doing something wrong.
As a sanity check, I exported the file as a Photoshop PSB file (large file) and used Photoshop to convert the file to CMYK. The resulting image looks like the original CSP file, just as I would expect. Some of the colors are a little less vibrant, but that’s how it goes with CMYK’s smaller colorspace.
At this point I’m thinking that I’ll create the images in CSP and then export them to Photoshop to do the CMYK conversion. When I have time, I’ll dig into the CSP documentation to learn how to configure CMYK to work more like Photoshop’s CMYK.
