On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 18:30 +0100, Carsten Agger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ian Lynch wrote: > > > So you have to map RGB to CMYK and it has been done in quite a few > > proprietary products so there is some sort of mathematical relationship. > > Sounds like a university applied maths project. Ok, I'm probably missing > > a lot but if that relationship was cracked and put out into the public > > domain surely it would be then relatively easy to build software to > > implement it? The mathematics wouldn't be patentable would it? > > If it were that simple it would probably already be done.
Agreed, I wasn't really thinking it was that easy but a start is better than nothing. > However, the good news is that GEGL and CMYK and spot colours should be > arriving in Gimp 2.6 ... which, alas, is however not very forthcoming, > as 2.4 was only just released. But better that it is coming than not. Let's just be positive. Once the methods are documented it makes it easier and easier for others to follow and improve. Pioneering is always hard but time always passes quicker than you think - well at my age it does ;-) Thank you for your efforts. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
