[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

Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:26:42 +0200 bobdobbs for...@gimpusers.com 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

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 there

Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:38:20 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com 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

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 colors.

Re: [Gimp-user] Whither CMYK?

2011-09-20 Thread john Culleton
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:31:13 +0400 Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com 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.