Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:31:13 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > As software GIMP isn't defined by its developers through competition > against any other software. Hence GIMP dosn't aim to compete against > anything else, it aims to suit the needs of professionals. Understood. Professionals in

Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:19 AM, john Culleton wrote: >> GIMP only got PDF exporting in upcoming v2.8. This exporter uses >> Cairo. Cairo doesn't support CMYk and spot colors. Therefore >> requesting CMYK PDF exporting will start making sense only after Cairo >> gets support for CMYK  and spot co

Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:38:20 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:27 PM, john Culleton wrote: > > > > About once a year I ask about a  capability to output a file from > > Gimp in pdf format and the CMYK color model. In addition it would be > > nice if this output was in

Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:27 PM, john Culleton wrote: > > About once a year I ask about a  capability to output a file from > Gimp in pdf format and the CMYK color model. In addition it would be > nice if this output was in the PDF X/1-a:2001 format, to satisfy > certain fussy printers. I know the

Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:26:42 +0200 bobdobbs wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm using gimp 2.6.10 on ubuntu 10.10. I have a layered psd that has > been edited using a CMYK colour profile. I'd like to open it. When I > try, gimp gives me the error: > > Error loading PSD file: Unsupported color mode: CMYK

[Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
About once a year I ask about a capability to output a file from Gimp in pdf format and the CMYK color model. In addition it would be nice if this output was in the PDF X/1-a:2001 format, to satisfy certain fussy printers. I know there are external converters like ImageMagick. It would however be