Craig Ringer wrote: > Ignorance is relative. It's true that some GIMP folks haven't recognised > the need for CMYK etc, but others certainly do, and I think > understanding is growing (of course, CMYK is becoming less important at > the same time due to better colour management and so on - they make the > IMO valid point that really CMYK should be the RIPs problem).
The short answer is: You need CMYK, if your print shop wants it, or if somebody sends it to you. > At LGM yesterday a working version of GEGL, then "next-generation" > 16-bit capable, CMYK-capable, colour-management supporting GIMP image > processing engine was demonstrated. It's veen vapourware for a long time > but looks like it's been turned into a real working library, albeit not > yet a fully finished and stable one. Sounds nice. Helmut Wollmersdorfer
