On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:10:24PM +0200, Dirk Zugenmaier wrote: > This is my first attempt to do something with scribus, and I did not read the > docs in depth when i started my project. Now I stumbled over the chapter, > saying that transparent images don't work with PDF/X-3-output. > > Ok, now I have a serious problem. My layout has a red background (CMYK > 0/93/93/7) and some images that require transparency (PNG-Files). When trying > to flattern the images and using the same background as specified for print, > I get a complete mixup (different type of red in the image than the > background). For editing images I use gimp and Scribus Version 1.2.2.1 for > the layout. > > Anyone any idea how to match the background of the image with the background > of my scribus-file?
I ended up using icctrans to find the RGB color which produces the nearest of my background[1] and having my images prepared with this background. Bye, Tino. [1] I noticed that EuroscaleCoated and ISOcoated profiles do generate sub-optimal values when used to convert CMYK to RGB - given these RGB values, very different CMYK values come out.
