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Color
Figures
APS encourages the
use of scientifically necessary color images in its publications. To ensure
that your files are prepared appropriately for offset printing, please
follow these guidelines:
- Authors
should create and submit all color images for print in
RGB separation format.
APS is now be following an RGB workflow for all
scientifically necessary images. Online journal publication allows for the
use of original RGB color images as they were captured and seen in
author’s laboratories and presentations. RGB images will be preserved
throughout the online publication process and displayed as the author
intended. The RGB workflow allows for the preservation of fluorescent
blues, greens,
and reds.
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Note:
All color images will still have to be converted to
CMYK for publication in the
printed journals and reprints. This is unavoidable. In most cases the
print quality should not suffer, but the conversion from RGB to CMYK
does involve a color shift. This shift is most noticeable in fluorescing
reds and greens.
- Authors with manuscripts
accepted for publication should only submit color image files for those
they intend to have printed in color.
- The information contained within a submitted
color graphic file is the responsibility of the author. APS will not alter
(i.e., color correct) the information contained in a submitted file.
Extensive author corrections and changes at proof stage will incur
additional charges.
Color figures are subsidized by APS at a cost
to authors of only $350 per figure, assuming that color is scientifically
warranted and page charges are paid. Unnecessary color figures are not
permitted in the Journals, and in such cases authors will be required to
provide a black & white version suitable for print publication.
Color figures that are scientifically necessary are free of charge
if the first or last author
is an APS member in good standing when the paper is published. For more
information, see
Cost of Publication.
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05/15/2008
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