ive notice another thing: when i open an CMYK file, and place the pictures with shadow - it turns our worst/with stiff banding, like what you saw up (screenshot here again, first CMYK, then RGB)
so how one can make the mix between both software?
few years back i didnt have this problem.
and when placing an RGB (from Photoshop) that looks good, to a CMYK (on illustrator) - and export to PDF - you get bad result.
whats the option now - when ever i have product pictures to make a file for printing on Photoshop? and only when all the elements of design are vectors, just then make it on illustrator (and even than only what looks good on cmyk vectors?)
ADOBE got worst then better?