[Gimp-developer] Playing with (color) matches

2008-05-10 Thread Andrew A. Gill
than the others to be included in GIMP at some point, years in the future? -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] the symbol for inch can be ' ?

2008-11-18 Thread Andrew A. Gill
the definitive discussion of this is in This is Spinal Tap, where they mistakenly request a model of Stonehenge 18 high, instead of 18', resulting in a prop that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service

Re: [Gimp-developer] Please take me off of the list!

2008-11-28 Thread Andrew A. Gill
a bunch of me too messages by saying something like, Please don't chime in with a bunch of 'I want to unsubscribe too' messages. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Gimp-developer] CMYK editing (Was: GIMP PDF export plugin)

2009-03-23 Thread Andrew A. Gill
, and I can work around PMS colors. If GIMP had CMYK support, I could take my work home. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] CMYK editing (Was: GIMP PDF export plugin)

2009-03-23 Thread Andrew A. Gill
On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Sven Neumann wrote: On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 17:51 -0400, Andrew A. Gill wrote: I do work in the printing industry, and I can tell you that output is still CMYK, and will remain CMYK for at least the next few years. Output, yes, of course. But where in this process do you

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
for a Photoshop clone (I know that I personally hate PS for a variety of reasons), but we do realize that it has to compete with Photoshop, and not addressing the issues of large sections of the design market when your competitor does is probably not the best move. -- | Andrew A. Gill

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
free alternative. But since there isn't, I'll have to write up some examples when I get home. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
it to the press. Mix master tape (in rgb) and then cut the lp (in cmyk). As someone who works in prepress, I can tell you that when we take it from original artwork to press, we have to run any raster artwork through Photoshop or a competing product. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Andrew A. Gill wrote: Agreed.  I don't think anyone here is looking for a Photoshop clone (I know that I personally hate PS for a variety of reasons), but we do realize that it has to compete with Photoshop

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
conflicts in OSS. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
, as part of some research) -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
that some CcMmYK printers accept only RGB data. In such cases, it would be better not to convert to CMYK, since it will only have to be converted back to RGB before it goes to the device. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-25 Thread Andrew A. Gill
to avoid being accused of partisanship. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew A. Gill
, the first response to ``You should have feature X'' is usually ``You forgot to attach the patch.'' Talk is cheap, and somebody needs to offer to help. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew A. Gill
part to change this from pie-in-the-sky dreaming. There's an incomplete draft here: http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/ToDo/FloorpieCMYK I still need to come up with a good color correction example and a good rich black example, but I should sleep now. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew A. Gill
on the image in question. And it still would result in one of the following: 1.) A helper application which creates the CMYK image 2.) GIMP still is unable to deal with trapping or rich black. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP PDF export plugin

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew A. Gill
but the above outline is in line with my ideas on how GEGL should evolve. At first blush, what you said seems about right. I'll read it more closely and give it more thought. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored

Re: [Gimp-developer] digested: printing presses, cmyk, tiff + pdf...

2009-03-26 Thread Andrew A. Gill
to the other version. To put it simply, this solution would require probably twice as much work as CMYK editing would. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http

Re: [Gimp-developer] digested: printing presses, cmyk, tiff + pdf...

2009-03-27 Thread Andrew A. Gill
a copy in 2001 when CS2 Premium was only $1200. [*] http://graphics1.kodak.com/us/product/workflow_data_storage/production_planning/trapwise/default.htm -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA

Re: [Gimp-developer] digested: printing presses, cmyk, tiff + pdf...

2009-03-27 Thread Andrew A. Gill
unreadable. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] digested: printing presses, cmyk, tiff + pdf...

2009-03-27 Thread Andrew A. Gill
, or even YIQ+K. Does this answer your question or should I respond when I've had more sleep? -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] digested: printing presses, cmyk, tiff + pdf...

2009-03-27 Thread Andrew A. Gill
(and I believe you can use this to get approximations in GIMP as well): http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_and_Pantone_colors -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http

Re: [Gimp-developer] PLEASE REMOVE ME

2009-04-10 Thread Andrew A. Gill
. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] Wanted: Gimp Modification for Kids Product

2009-05-27 Thread Andrew A. Gill
. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] lgm talk, part 2...

2009-06-19 Thread Andrew A. Gill
overlay concept would simply degrade the image over successive conversions. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored by the NSA | | superlu...@frontiernet.net http://www.needsfoodbadly.com

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-28 Thread Andrew A. Gill
Well, if we're going to do this discussion, I think I'll just unsubscribe for a while. Let me know when you guys decide to keep the name GIMP. Or better yet, don't. -- | Andrew A. Gill To ensure continued quality of service, | |this e-mail is being monitored