On Tuesday 29 October 2002 01:50 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to use Gimp for work on photo files(.tiff) and I have a > question what about CMYK mode in Gimp ? How can I make me sure that > my photo will be good when it will be printed in magazine ? I want to > give my work to a profesional print office and they say : You must > work in CMYK mode( like in Photoshop) or have a CMYK preview. How can > it be done in Gimp ? Please, help me > APU > > >--
You can't, and this is the major shortcoming of Gimp. It is possible to convert to CMYK at the end of the process, but given the difference in gamut between the RGB and CMYK versions of the same image the quality of the result can be best described as uncertain. In an earlier post I discussed the program pnmtotiffcmyk which will indeed create a cmyk version of the file. However the colors do shift. This is especially problematic in photos of people involving flesh tones. The Gimp manual addresses this issue in chapter 13. John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters, Rowse Reviews, Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
