Try CinePaint <www.cinepaint.org> for Cmyk support in an pixel editor. Supported are 8 and 16-bit TIFFs.
Here is a tutorial how it works: english: <http://www.behrmann.name/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=67&id=56&Itemid=85> und in deutsch: <http://www.behrmann.name/index.php?option=com_weblinks&task=view&catid=67&id=54&Itemid=86> regards Kai-Uwe Behrmann + development for color management + imaging / panoramas + email: ku.b at gmx.de + http://www.behrmann.name Am 07.09.05, 21:58 +0200 schrieb Christoph Sch?fer: > Hi Cor, > > > Hi Christoph and Louis > > > > I was confused too, so I spoke again with people in the printshop. Why > > does my pdf not print well? (yes Christoph, I had used 'printer' in the > > pdf color settings). They told me that if they would do the job, they > > would first 'translate' a jpg file to contain CYMK information (with > > photoshop they said). This jpg file would go into Xpress and a good pdf > > is the result. Sorry for my somewhat criptic last part in the first > > e-mail. > > I do not understand why they to this separate translation. Does Xpress > > not create a pdf with colors in the CYMK colorspace? > > From what you wrote, it seems to me they want a CMYK colour profile embedded > in the file. You can do this in scribus in the properties palette, provided > you have such a profile. If you don't need brilliant colours, you can also try > sRGB, which normally translates easily to CMYK. It's not what I would > recommend generally, but just in case ... > > > So I am looking how to translate (RGB)?- jpg (stemming from a scanned > > photograph) to CYMK-jpg. I understand that it should go well with the > > 'printer' button in the pdf color settings. > > Yes, it should ;) > > > I will experiment with the tiff format (from GIMP) and the possibility I > > saw in Photoshop to choose for CYMK there > > In current GIMP, you can't work in the CMYK colour space, neither can you > apply any profiles. These features will be available in the next version > (2.4). But if you don't need to edit your file, scribus is your friend. You > can attach a profile to the image, do the gamut check and let scribus do the > conversion when exporting to PDF. > > groeten, > > Christoph
