On Sunday 20 November 2005 23:42, joerg.pr at olivfabric.de wrote: > J?rg Preisend?rfer | http://www.olivfabric.de > > > Hi, > > I searched the Scribus Docs and Wiki for discussion of the > following issue and also attempted to search the mailing list > archives at > http://nsj.srem.pl/cgi-bin/search.cgi but this link appears to be > dead. So, if my question was answered here earlier pls. bear with > me. > > The issue / question is related to > > - Scribus 1.2.3 > - Little CMS > - GhostScript 7.07 > - Fedora Core 3 > > > I want to select separation of neutral grayscale images to either K > or CMY or CMYK channels via a given profile like ISO Coated 2004. > > I set up a test document with a grayscale TIFF and PNG image and > the EPS-file version of the FOGRA 27M gray control wedge (see > http://www.eci.org). > > When I use the print preview and toggle the CMYK checkboxes, the > grayscale images appear separated to the K-channel only, with no > ink in the CMY-channels. The parts of the gray control wedge are > properly separated to the respective channels. However, when I > print to file, using the "color if available" option and an ISO > Coated 2004 output profile, the grayscale images are build with > full CMYK ink. > > I systematically played with the color profiles and UCR and other > dialogue options but didn't succeed. > > Do I need certain color profiles? Is there a switch on the backside > of my keyboard that I am missing? > > This feature is so frequently needed that I'm almost sure there's a > red button sitting on the Scribus GUI somewere right in front of my > eyes, but I just don't see it. > > Your hints are greatly appreciated (as is your work on Scribus > anyway) > > ( J?rg ) > >
In short, for this kind of separation you need 1.3.1+, preferably 1.3.2cvs. The CMYK color controls, icc color management and greyscale handling are vastly better already than 1.2.x Cheers, Peter
