Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:35 PM, john Culleton wrote: > Scribus will import PSD and export e.g. png or tiff in RGB model. > However once you are in Scribus you may find that most of what you need > to do can be done in CMYK in that program. My rule is: if headed toward > web presentation work in RGB, if headed for print work in CMYK. If working with photographs, you should be converting to device specific CMYK as late as possible in the process and keep things in more device independent color spaces like RGB for as long as possible. Similar to how you should not be saving intermediate copies to very lossy JPG. /Øyvind K. -- «The future is already here. It's just not very evenly distributed» -- William Gibson http://pippin.gimp.org/ http://ffii.org/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
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 > > Googling around gets me some interesting solutions. One is to use > imagemagicks 'convert' to create each layer as a png. When I tried > this, I got a whole bunch of generically named layers. Most of the > conversions had failed, resulting in transparent png's with no > content. > > > I found this thread, nearly three years old, on ubuntuforums: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958470 > > One of the solutions proposed in it is to use a seperation filter > that that has been created as a plugin. I found the homepage for such > a plugin. It had a warning that the plugin should not be used, with a > broken link to a better one to use. > > I also found this: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CMYK_support_in_The_GIMP#CMYK_color_and_The_GIMP > > This provides some information on the issue, and a link to a plugin > package to help remedy. However, the plugin is about four years old. > > Is this a solved problem yet? Is it possible to open CMYK psd's in > gimp? Thanks. > Scribus will import PSD and export e.g. png or tiff in RGB model. However once you are in Scribus you may find that most of what you need to do can be done in CMYK in that program. My rule is: if headed toward web presentation work in RGB, if headed for print work in CMYK. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
rich gmail.com> writes: > > bobdobbs gimpusers.com> writes: > > > > > 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 > > > > > Is this a solved problem yet? Is it possible to open CMYK psd's in gimp? > > Thanks. > > > Not possible without a conversion to rgb Actually only true for a cmyk psd file. The separate-import plugin will import a cmyk tiff file. I trawled out an old-ish gimp-plugins-registry.deb file ( the latest seems to have some strange dependencies) and import does work. It is hidden away in the File -> Create menu. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
bobdobbs gimpusers.com> writes: > > 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 > Is this a solved problem yet? Is it possible to open CMYK psd's in gimp? > Thanks. > Not possible without a conversion to rgb Use ImageMagick with the -colorspace switch ie. convert .psd -colorspace rgb .xcf saving in gimp xcf format will preserve the layers. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
bobdobbs writes: > 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 > > Googling around gets me some interesting solutions. One is to use > imagemagicks 'convert' to create each layer as a png. When I tried this, I > got a whole bunch of generically named layers. Most of the conversions had > failed, resulting in transparent png's with no content. > > > I found this thread, nearly three years old, on ubuntuforums: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958470 > > One of the solutions proposed in it is to use a seperation filter that that > has been created as a plugin. I found the homepage for such a plugin. It had > a warning that the plugin should not be used, with a broken link to a better > one to use. > > I also found this: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CMYK_support_in_The_GIMP#CMYK_color_and_The_GIMP > > This provides some information on the issue, and a link to a plugin package > to help remedy. However, the plugin is about four years old. > > Is this a solved problem yet? Is it possible to open CMYK psd's in gimp? Not having tried this myself, http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/separate-plus/ seems to be the official[1] download page of Separate+, also linked to from e.g. http://registry.gimp.org/node/471 which says it provides: separate_import (bonus) CMYK TIFF import plug-in which generates the pseudo-composite image So I would try $ convert input.psd output.tif and then open those tiff files in gimp with separate_import (unless separate_import can also open psd files?) Hope this helps, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer Footnotes: [1] The official homepage http://cue.yellowmagic.info/softwares/separate.html seems to be down, however, the Arch Linux package also points to sourceforge.jp. The homepage of the "old" Separate plugin (without the plus) also recommends using Separate+: http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/separate.shtml ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] opening CMYK psd
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 Googling around gets me some interesting solutions. One is to use imagemagicks 'convert' to create each layer as a png. When I tried this, I got a whole bunch of generically named layers. Most of the conversions had failed, resulting in transparent png's with no content. I found this thread, nearly three years old, on ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958470 One of the solutions proposed in it is to use a seperation filter that that has been created as a plugin. I found the homepage for such a plugin. It had a warning that the plugin should not be used, with a broken link to a better one to use. I also found this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CMYK_support_in_The_GIMP#CMYK_color_and_The_GIMP This provides some information on the issue, and a link to a plugin package to help remedy. However, the plugin is about four years old. Is this a solved problem yet? Is it possible to open CMYK psd's in gimp? Thanks. -- bobdobbs (via gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
