Branko, that was extremely informative. Thank you. >Yeah, I thought you meant laser printers. Some people >confuse 4-color laser printers with real CMYK-capable >machines.
Actually, I didn't know the difference. Thanks again. >You can get Huey at a very low price, and you can >use Argyll CMS with dispcalGUI to get the maximum out of that device >(software that comes with it is not very good, though). I've just looked those up and it sounds like these tools are almost vital. >For proper CMYK preview, you can use the Print simulation mode >(Preferences > Color management). And yes, your printer's profile >would help. > >Get separate+ plugin (current version is 0.5.6) and use that to output >CMYK file. You can use the Pseudo-Composite option in separate+ to get >the separated file, and you can use the eyedropper tool on layer mask >separate+ creates to see the exact output value for each channel >(you'll see what I mean when you actually do all this). I've just installed seperate+ and when I get familiar with it, I'll try this out. It seems from my first attempt, that without calibration / printer profile, the process is useless. >You can also use Scribus to help you with creating press-ready PDFs. >Scribus converts images to CMYK automatically for you. For >photographic images, this is not a problem. I used Scribus and noticed that when exporting, there is a "For Print" option in the color dialog. The output looked too pale on screen so I didn't send this to the print company. De you think this would have solved my darkness problem? -- TenLeftFingers (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
