Great thanks. On Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:55:48 -0300 "Guillermo Espertino (Gez)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> El 04/10/12 11:24, Alexandre Prokoudine escribió: > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Jakub Jankiewicz<[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I read about Pantone on Wikipedia and it's say that Free Software > >> don't support it, is there a hack that will allow to prepare pdf > >> with pantone inside? > > No hacks, just use Scribus. > > > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_legally_obtain_spot_colour_palettes_for_use_in_Scribus_1.3.3.x_and_later_versions > > Swatchbooker can create a sRGB converstion of the Formula books > (which are in CIE Lab). > The Formula books are supposed to be used for spot colors and for > intermediate/late binding 4-color process workflows (which means > working with RGB and converting to CMYK later). > So you can have a reasonable approximation in Inkscape and GIMP, for > instance, using Swatchbooker to convert Pantone Formula guides > to .gpl palettes. > > Pantone Bridge books are only advised to be used if your print > workflow is CMYK from the beginning (early binding). If you'll rely > on RGB assets (like images created in GIMP) it's better to use an > intermediate or late binding workflow. > > So here's my suggestion: > If by "Pantone PDFs" you mean Pantone Spots, use the Formula > swatches, straight from Scribus. It's the only free application that > can manage spot colors at the moment (it's possible to achieve > something usable with Inkscape, then taking the file to scribus, but > it's a hackish way). If by "Pantone PDFs" you mean a PDF in CMYK with > the exact CMYK values you get from your bridge book, you have two > options: Again, to use Scribus which is the only > early-binding-capable program in the free software wold, or to adopt > an Intermediate or Late Binding workflow, using the sRGB values from > the Formula swatches (not the sRGB rendering you have in the bridge > guide, which is a screenmatch for CMYK values). > > I bet that reading "work in sRGB for print" sounds very wrong, but > trust me. If your print provider doesn't use the exact print > configuration Pantone used for their books (which is the most > probable situation), there will be a difference between the books and > the prints you get, because of the paper stocks, print configuration, > weather, etc. That difference is comparable to what you get from > working with a color managed RGB workflow. The only tricky part with > intermediate binding is taking care of black ink when it has to be > used as spot (in small size black body text, for instance). > For that, Scribus gives you the tools for using a pure K black in > your design elements so you get 100%K in your output instead of > composite black. > > Cheers, > Gez. > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create -- Jakub Jankiewicz, Web Developer http://jcubic.pl
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