[forwarding matt's wonderful response to the mailing list, with my response. this is regarding the cmyk + duotone gimp plugin.]
On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 05:33, Matt wrote: > Hello, > > Yes, I am using it quite a bit lately. And it is fake and not. When you > work with the image you work with cmyk layers BUT when you save the > image it is saved as a cmyk image. As to the duotone, well, no I have > not used it at all. > > As to stable I have had no problems. Now, as to the issues with > Duotone, I don't know the specifics and suggest you try it out. I have > never had need for it. ok, that's a relief. feel emboldened to try it out > > Also, you should know that all you need to do to install a plugin is > copy a file to the plug-ins directory. If it crashes, remove it. It will > have no permanent effect on the gimp. whew! > > Good luck, > Matt thanks matt for your suggestions. LL > > On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 19:34, linuxlingam wrote: > > hi matt, > > > > > > On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 17:24, Matt wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > If you check the gimp2 plugin called seperate (Image->Seperate) there is > > > an option called Duotone, is this the same thing? > > > > > > HTH, > > > Matt Berglund > > > > > > > just checked out the site: it says this does a 'fake' cmyk using a trick > > in layers, and the duotone is in 'red' and black. i would wish it to use > > a specific hue i select. does it do that? have you used this? it seems a > > bit unstable, so i wish to be sure before downloading it and possibly > > crashing my gimp2. > > > > :-) > > LL > > > > > On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 08:53, linuxlingam wrote: > > > > dear all, > > > > > > > > i have a new design project which i am attempting to do in two-inks: one > > > > black, one a pantone ink. > > > > > > > > i understand how to mark an ink as pantone in scribus, > > > > > > > > BUT, > > > > > > > > i wish to create the photographs as duotone imagery. i launched > > > > cinepaint as well as gimp2 but they only handle rgb or grayscale. i can > > > > 'simulate' duotone by converting rgb>grayscale>rgb and applying a hue or > > > > colorizing the photo. > > > > > > > > however, how do i handle two-ink photographs in scribus? assuming i can > > > > only input a grayscale in scribus, would be wonderful if scribus allowd > > > > me to covert a grayscale to duotone or tritone INTERNALLY. > > > > > > > > any suggestions? > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > LL > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Scribus mailing list > > > > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > > > > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > > > > > > > >
