avox skrev: > > Axel Bojer wrote: >> Hey, you give me hope :-) >> That means, as I suggested at first, my image >> http://www.bojer.no/Ariadne2006/ariadnes_aarbok2006-omslag-somBildeGB.tiff >> >> is indeed as good as can be, it just has to be converted to cmyk, correct? > > I think so. > >> If yes, why isn't this file correct cmyk: >> http://www.bojer.no/Ariadne2006/ariadnes_aarbok2006-omslag-TilTrykking-BareEttBilde.pdf >> As mentioned: it was made the following way: >> 1) Make what I want to have in Scribus >> 2) Export as png >> 3) Convert png to tiff with Gimp >> 4) Import the new tiff-image as the *only* element in a new Scribus file >> 5) Export this with the "to printer" option to make a cmyk pdf file. >> > Here the exact color settings for PDF export would be interesting, since > that changes output dramatically: > * Use ICC profiles yes/no
No > * Use ICC profiles for images yes/no No (When I turn ICC profiles on I in "Document settings--colour management" I see this option in "Save as PDF--Colour". I suppose the best is to turn it on (I see just one profile installed, I suppose this is the standard Scribus profile? It is named "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" >> Or can someone confirm that the pdf-file linked above will, printed, >> look about the same as the linked tiff file above? If yes I can sleep >> sound tonight :-D > > I'm afraid not. It might well be that the colors you chose are outside the > CMYK gamut, > especially greens are tricky for CMYK. I see ..., bad choice, technically :-( I have tried now with the standard options and Colour management on. The resulting file is here: http://www.bojer.no/Ariadne2006/ariadnes_aarbok2006-omslag-TilTrykking-EttBilde-ICCprofil.pdf I have also put up my cmyk picture for the case that someone wants to have a look: http://www.bojer.no/Ariadne2006/ariadnes_aarbok2006-omslag-somBildeCMYK.tiff (NB: almost 50mb big) But I can't say I spot any difference in acrobat reader between what I had without icc-profiles and what I get with ... Thanks for all help! Axel Bojer
