long ago gimp 2.0 was promised to have decent color management. i guess it didn't happen...
systemwide color management IMHO should be in the X server. but the X server development community has fragmented, too. plus there are people saying that something else (e.g. Berlin) is a better approach than X. so i don't expect this area to be worked on anytime soon. the "graphics pro" users on linux are all using maya and mental ray anyway. i don't think they care too much about color management when they're just doing modeling. On Apr 6, 2005 9:24 AM, Munoz, Ricky (PHL) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes this is probably the biggest issue I have with Gimpshop. > > Which shows that the Open source community is not very Graphic Arts > oriented. (And Windows just barely I might add) which explains the continued > popularity of the Mac platform for GA work. > > Which opens up a question: Is there any development towards system-wide > color management on unix based open-source platforms? More specifically the > question should be "Is there an ICC based CMM available under KDE or Gnome > or any other GUI platform?" > > Mac and Windows implemented this in the early 90's at the time the ICC was > formed. Mac OSX has probably the most mature implementation but I must admit > that the Windows CMM works fine if you know where to look for it. > > Cheers > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ariz C. Jacinto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:28 PM > > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [plug] GIMPShop Comments > > > > > > this is also the same reason why GimpShop failed > > on the evaluation by our Mac / Photoshop users. > > > > > > Munoz, Ricky (PHL) wrote: > > > > >3. No CMYK - Oh , oh! The best you get is a CMYK dcpomposition from > > >RGB. And you can't save the decomposed file as a combined > > tif. You can > > >also use a CMYK color picker but you still work in RGB > > space. The lack > > >of CMYK editing and saving will prevent this from being > > taken seriously > > >by color printing professionals. > > > > > -- > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official > > Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: > http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
