03-27-2025, 06:00 PM
@rich2005
I've attached the report. In case it doesn't appear:
Preflight Summary Report for: castlekeep.pdf
Profile: List transparent objects (Processed pages 1 to 1)
Processed by Walton, Date: 3/27/2025 10:30 AM
Results (Summary)
No problems found
KDP only says to open the "Template in your image editing software," which downloads as PNG and PDF. From 16 years on the forum, I only remember one person mentioning using vector art for a cover. Not that aren't many more, but only one that found his way to the forum, or to my attention.
An argument in favor of sRGB art versus CMYK for most digital presses would be that unless you have the correct Profile, converting to CMYK will use a color profile based on traditional CMYK colors. Most of these press are designed to emulate RGB, they have different process colors (as compared to Pantone's process colors), and have a bigger/differently shaped gamut. If you convert to CMYK, without the actual profile, you may be reducing the available color gamut . . . eliminating "out-of-gamut" colors . . . that may be in-gamut!
I've attached the report. In case it doesn't appear:
Preflight Summary Report for: castlekeep.pdf
Profile: List transparent objects (Processed pages 1 to 1)
Processed by Walton, Date: 3/27/2025 10:30 AM
Results (Summary)
No problems found
KDP only says to open the "Template in your image editing software," which downloads as PNG and PDF. From 16 years on the forum, I only remember one person mentioning using vector art for a cover. Not that aren't many more, but only one that found his way to the forum, or to my attention.
An argument in favor of sRGB art versus CMYK for most digital presses would be that unless you have the correct Profile, converting to CMYK will use a color profile based on traditional CMYK colors. Most of these press are designed to emulate RGB, they have different process colors (as compared to Pantone's process colors), and have a bigger/differently shaped gamut. If you convert to CMYK, without the actual profile, you may be reducing the available color gamut . . . eliminating "out-of-gamut" colors . . . that may be in-gamut!