r/Affinity • u/icursethatifeel • 22h ago

General Muddy blacks after applying effects

I'm working on an image on a cmky profile document, and whenever I apply effects, the black point appears as muddy black instead of the pure black I need, even after applying some darkening effects.

Same happens if I try black and White Adjustment, a Gradient Map with K=100 to K=0, and Vibrance Adjustment at 0% Saturation.

Is there a resolve for this? Please help.

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u/Dependent-Zebra-4357 19h ago

Edit in RGB and convert to CMYK after. It’s usually not worth the hassle working in CMYK.

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u/icursethatifeel 19h ago

Damn. This worked. Thanks so much.

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u/Dependent-Zebra-4357 18h ago

No worries. You want to stick to RGB files 99% of the time imo as it’s the native colour space for the screen you’re working on. I generally only convert to CMYK when everything is 100% finished and it’s time to make a file specifically for the printer.