Hi John, Ah, "massaging the contrast curves" sounds like just the kind of hint I was fishing for. I'll go read up on that in the Beginner's Guide :-)
Many thanks for the tip! -- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 02:12:29PM -0400, john Culleton wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:09:57 +0200 > Richard Foley <rich.inud at naktiv.net> wrote: > > > Hi John, > > > > I hear you. > > > > There's a couple of things I'm trying to do with this title. Firstly, > > I want to see if I can get a Scribus 1.5.0 PDF/X1-a:2001 through > > their pre-media checks with the profile LSI half-heartedly > > recommended. For both full colour interior and cover. > > > > If we have issues, I'd like to take these up with the Scribus team. > > > > Then I'd like to send the title through again, using your suggested > > profile for the CMYK conversion/colour management sounds like a good > > idea. While we're on the subject, might I ask if you consider your > > profile to give a more solid black than the LSI (semi-recommended) > > one? > > > > One step at a time :-) > > > The icc profile just sets limits. To create a top notch rich > black I like to choose among those displayed on the Galaxy Gauge > Color Map Pro, which I highly recommend. I like C=60 M=40 Y=0 K=100. > But there are other swatches that are eqaully as "black" to my eye. > You can create and name your own version of black through the > Color Palette. The details are spelled out in Cedric > Gemy's "Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide" p246 ff. > > If your figures etc. are in RGB I suggest massaging the contrast > curves in Gimp or Krita. IMO Krita is better but it requires KDE > as part of your Armory. > > > -- > John Culleton > Free list of books for self-publishers: > http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html > Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
