Hi, Rick, Thank you. I did find that online last night, used it, sent it to the printing company and they rejected the image.
I downloaded a trial version of Adobe Photoshop just a bit ago, imported the original pdf in, sized it it 3' x 6', set it CMYK and 300 dpi. It looks pretty good (not much pixelation that I can see). We'll see how it goes. It's a large file 153 MB... Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated! -G. >For RGB to CMYK, try the free online conversion tool rgb2cmyk.org >http://www.rgb2cmyk.org/ > >Rick S. > >-----Original Message----- >From: rich2005 >Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 5:46 AM >To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org >Cc: notificati...@gimpusers.com >Subject: [Gimp-user] 3' x 6' Sign - Word to GIMP >First the missing embellishment in Adobe reader. I use a linux >operating >system >and do not use Adobe reader so that pdf displays ok here. The CMYK pdf >came >straight from your RGB pdf via an application called ghostscript so >maybe >some >unexpected effect was incorporated. > >For example, the attachment shows your RGB pdf opened in a vector >application >Inkscape. There are no vectors but it is a collection of individual >objects, >such as the embellishment. I duplicated it as an example. It does have >other >characteristics such as a clipping mask which might come into effect >depending >on PDF viewer. > >A note on your PDF. The 'natural' size for that is 6" x 3" not 6' x 3' >probably >originating from your Word document. > >Bottom line is, until you get definite information from your printing >company >you are in limbo. > >Ask them: > >What image formats are acceptable, jpeg, tiff, png, or even PDF? > >What ppi(dpi) is required? Remember Gimp is a raster editor so 6'x3' @ >100 >ppi = >7200x3600 pix while 6'x3' @ 150 ppi = 10800x5400 pix and so on. > >What color mode is required RGB or CMYK? > >If they take RGB images then that png from earlier post is probably >ok. > >If CMYK, then what color profile "something.icc" to use. Gimp uses RGB >so >for >CMYK an ancient Gimp plugin is needed and you do not want to go there. >Get >some >other application that will perform the conversion. > >Attachments: >* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/448/original/scroll.jpg -- geronimo1111 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
