Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 3/21/09, gg wrote: > Despite the current obsession with this format it is pretty clunky and > inflexible. I don't see much point for a single image. Ahem, and what is your expertize to make such a bold statement? > The other question is licensing of pdf. IRCC pdf viewing is allowed in a > fai

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread LightningIsMyName
Hello again, On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 22:04 +0200, LightningIsMyName wrote: > >> 1. How will the user create multi-paged PDFs? Should he choose >> different images, one for each page? (This sounds like the most >> reasonable way compare

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:41 +0100, gg wrote: > Indeed, what is the advantage of pdf export of a single image? If it is just a simple PDF, then nothing. But if it includes color profiles, support for spot colors, resolution-independent text layers, crop markers etc., then it would be a versat

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:41 +0100, gg wrote: > The other question is licensing of pdf. IRCC pdf viewing is allowed in a > fairly liberal sense but creating pdf is what Abode make money on and > retains the rights to. I am pretty sure that this is not the case. The GIMP Print plug-in create

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread bgw
gg wrote: > Sven Neumann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 22:04 +0200, LightningIsMyName wrote: >> >> >>> 1. How will the user create multi-paged PDFs? Should he choose >>> different images, one for each page? (This sounds like the most >>> reasonable way compared to other ways I

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread gg
Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 22:04 +0200, LightningIsMyName wrote: > >> 1. How will the user create multi-paged PDFs? Should he choose >> different images, one for each page? (This sounds like the most >> reasonable way compared to other ways I thought of). > > Why would w

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 22:04 +0200, LightningIsMyName wrote: > 1. How will the user create multi-paged PDFs? Should he choose > different images, one for each page? (This sounds like the most > reasonable way compared to other ways I thought of). Why would we want to allow the user to create