Re: [Gimp-user] Question about RGB to CMYK conversion and print work

2016-11-16 Thread Simon Budig
Tom Williams (tomd...@comcast.net) wrote: > I'm helping a friend of mine create a business card for a new business. > I created the card in GIMP and it looks great! The plan is to order > cards through VistaPrint. Anyway, according to the VistaPrint website, > they recommend uploading designs i

Re: [Gimp-user] Question about RGB to CMYK conversion and print work

2016-11-16 Thread Rick Strong
Good-Fast-Cheap Pick any two. Rick S. -Original Message- From: Simon Budig Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 3:44 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Question about RGB to CMYK conversion and print work Tom Williams (tomd...@comcast.net) wrote: I'm helping a f

[Gimp-user] Cannot open PSD -CMYK setting

2016-11-16 Thread rich2005
>I had this issue yesterday and found by converting the PSD file to a >TIFF file, the layers were preserved in a single file. Here is the >command line I used on Linux: > >$ convert Business_Card.psd -colorspace rgb Business_Card.tiff > ...snip... All sorts of ways. Just a note for ***Windows***

[Gimp-user] DETAIL Cropping/Editing!

2016-11-16 Thread AFareStory
Hey guys, I am trying to find the best way to crop VERY detailed images (10-100MB)?! I can bounce them down to J-Pegs with FastStone, and GIMP has always been my photo editing favorite, BUT, I can't figure out the best way to crop very fine details?! Which tool should I use? Thank you for any insig

[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread lanierprintables
Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish splotches with my own pattern? I've been able to get the pattern into Gimp. But can't figure out if I can replace the splotches and dots with it. Any input is greatly appreciated!!! Jamie Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/sys

Re: [Gimp-user] Cannot open PSD -CMYK setting (Rick Strong)

2016-11-16 Thread Klaus Gölker
Hello, for both topics of gimp-user-list Digest, Vol 62, Issue 17: use the open source program Krita. It is an image manipulation program, natively built for Linux, installers are also available for Windows and Mac OS X, that can handle both ways, rgb to cmyk and cmyk to rgb. If it can handle psds

Re: [Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 17:44 +0100, lanierprintables wrote: > Can someone tell me if/how I can use Gimp to replace the goldish > splotches with > my own pattern? One way might be to use select by colour (shift-O) on the gold until you have all of it. You might need to deselect the human outline on

Re: [Gimp-user] DETAIL Cropping/Editing!

2016-11-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:48 AM, AFareStory wrote: > Hey guys, I am trying to find the best way to crop VERY detailed images > (10-100MB)?! I can bounce them down to J-Pegs with FastStone, and GIMP has > always been my photo editing favorite, BUT, I can't figure out the best way to > crop very fine

Re: [Gimp-user] Cannot open PSD -CMYK setting (Rick Strong)

2016-11-16 Thread Rick Strong
Klaus is right on when he says that the RGB colour gamut is wider than the CMYK gamut. Therefore some rgb colours will end up looking differently when printed in cmyk. I found this website http://www.printernational.org/rgb-versus-cmyk.php has a pretty good explanation with illustration of th

[Gimp-user] Replace Gold Splotches

2016-11-16 Thread lanierprintables
Than you so much for the great information! When you say CUT can you be more specific? Thank you so much for your time! -- lanierprintables (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List mem

[Gimp-user] DETAIL Cropping/Editing!

2016-11-16 Thread AFareStory
>Crop fine details? What does that even mean? :) > >You open an image. >You select the Crop tool. >You use it on whatever files you have. > >What is the actual issue with cropping images? Please be more >specific. > >Alex I figured it out...I am zooming in really really really really close and slo

Re: [Gimp-user] DETAIL Cropping/Editing!

2016-11-16 Thread Owen Cook
> >Crop fine details? What does that even mean? :) > > > >You open an image. > >You select the Crop tool. > >You use it on whatever files you have. > > > >What is the actual issue with cropping images? Please be more > >specific. > > > >Alex > > I figured it out...I am zooming in really really r