....snip.... >I've heard of Krita and I'll download it and see if it will do the >trick. Is there anything in particular I need to know about it? The >essential thing is that the final file has to be in PDF, and not just >any PDF, but PDF/X-1a:2001 or PDF/X-3:2002. But I'll climb that hill >when I get to it. > >(Incidentally, I did mention the OSs--- Windows 10 on the PC and >Windows 7 on the laptop. Does that affect anything?)
Gimp does show just about everything out-of-gamut and so does Krita. I can never quite believe that indication, so borrowed a PS and this shows their interpretation. Top the RGB jpeg and bottom the CMYK jpeg from a Krita colourspace conversion. To me that look more credible than Gimp which is purely a RGB editor. Bright colors subdued as mentioned before. screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/ne4c3Pk.jpg Krita does show out-of-gamut, screenshots of the setup. I advise promoting to 16 bit, if you want to adjust the image. A re-export will reduce to 8 bit, that is the jpeg standard. screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/KbIRU7q.jpg Adjusting the HSL sliders removes out-of-gamut but leaves the image very flat. You will not like that. I would go for the straight conversion. (you can do exactly the same in Gimp 2.10 using Hue-Chroma filter but it removes most of the blue) screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/KbIRU7q.jpg Need a CMYK PDF for the printer. Only one (free) application and that is Scribus. The professionals will have a color profiled monitor. The equipment for that costs and not easy to set up. Some hints here: https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/color-management-printing.htm Most laptop users have their screen far too bright, have a look there for a simple adjustment. Best of luck. -- rich404 (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
