bobdobbs <for...@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 > > 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