On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:08:39 +1100 Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:50:20 +0200 (CEST) > "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I have brought on board another commercial colour vendor, this time > > one from North America. At the moment, we are feverishly working on > > all sorts of issues, including documentation, colour correctness, > > logo exchange, licensing etc. > > > > You could help to speed up the process by writing a shell or Python > > script. > > > > I receive all palettes as EPS files, which are easy to convert to > > Scribus's own XML palette format. However, since the colours aren't > > stored as spot colours, they end up being imported as something like > > "FromPDF#00000040", which is completely useless when referring to a > > printed colour swatch that is based on CMYK ink mixtures. > > > > In a Scribus XML palette file, the converted colour entry looks like > > this: > > > > <COLOR NAME="FromPDF#00404040" CMYK="#00404040"/> > > > > What is needed is a script that strips the string FromPDF and > > converts the hex value in a specific way (adding ink channel > > abbreviations and slashes), so that the end result looks like this: > > > > <COLOR NAME="C25/M25/Y25/K25" CMYK="#40404040"/> > > > > Anyone willing to step in? > > > > Hi, > > A bit like Frank, I am not sure how you went from #00404040 to > #40404040 > > Did you intend to include the eps file in the source? or just the xml? It just occurred to me, and I shake at the knees to say it, that you may have made a mistake, would it be possible that what you wanted to do was to go from <COLOR NAME="FromPDF#40404040" CMYK="#40404040"/> to <COLOR NAME="C25/M25/Y25/K25" CMYK="#40404040"/> That is substitute C25/M25/Y25/K25 for FromPDF#40404040 (not FromPDF#00404040) -- Owen
