Fair enough that linux is a preferred platform for 3D graphics. I'd just like to see someone paying attention applications that need color management. Strangely enough, EFI's X3 range of color print controllers are built on top of Linux (Their latest X5.5 though is Windows XP ) which proves that an interested party can create a color management platform on top of OS implementations.
And please don't ask me which flavour its built on top of since I have no idea :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Orlando Andico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:21 AM > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > Subject: Re: [plug] RE: GIMPShop Comments > > > long ago gimp 2.0 was promised to have decent color > management. i guess it didn't happen... > > systemwide color management IMHO should be in the X server. > but the X server development community has fragmented, too. > plus there are people saying that something else (e.g. > Berlin) is a better approach than X. so i don't expect this > area to be worked on anytime soon. > > the "graphics pro" users on linux are all using maya and > mental ray anyway. i don't think they care too much about > color management when they're just doing modeling. > > > On Apr 6, 2005 9:24 AM, Munoz, Ricky (PHL) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes this is probably the biggest issue I have with Gimpshop. > > > > Which shows that the Open source community is not very Graphic Arts > > oriented. (And Windows just barely I might add) which explains the > > continued popularity of the Mac platform for GA work. > > > > Which opens up a question: Is there any development towards > > system-wide color management on unix based open-source > platforms? More > > specifically the question should be "Is there an ICC based CMM > > available under KDE or Gnome or any other GUI platform?" > > > > Mac and Windows implemented this in the early 90's at the > time the ICC > > was formed. Mac OSX has probably the most mature > implementation but I > > must admit that the Windows CMM works fine if you know > where to look > > for it. > > > > Cheers > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ariz C. Jacinto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:28 PM > > > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: [plug] GIMPShop Comments > > > > > > > > > this is also the same reason why GimpShop failed > > > on the evaluation by our Mac / Photoshop users. > > > > > > > > > Munoz, Ricky (PHL) wrote: > > > > > > >3. No CMYK - Oh , oh! The best you get is a CMYK > dcpomposition from > > > >RGB. And you can't save the decomposed file as a combined > > > tif. You can > > > >also use a CMYK color picker but you still work in RGB > > > space. The lack > > > >of CMYK editing and saving will prevent this from being > > > taken seriously > > > >by color printing professionals. > > > > > > > -- > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official > > > Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: > > http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > . > > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: > > http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
