Ah! A friend for the journey, thanks! Hope remains... Clint Alderman
On 2/23/2010 1:10 PM, John Culleton wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2010 13:40:46 Clint Alderman wrote: > >> I've had the same issue of different percentages between CorelDraw, >> Xara, Inkscape, OpenOffice, and Scribus on the "same color." >> Achieving color consistency between apps along with the fabled monitor >> calibration is more like a Hobbit's journey to Mordor. >> From what I've read it is achievable... with many hazards along the way >> if not done wisely. >> >> Still seeking wisdom on all this, but worn out from trying. >> >> Clint Alderman >> >> On 2/23/2010 12:17 PM, Julian Robbins wrote: >> >>> On 23/02/10 17:44, Gregory Pittman wrote: >>> >>>> On 02/23/2010 08:19 AM, Julian Robbins wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> We've had some fund and games !! >>>>> >>>>> Not directly related to Scribus, but something I only found out about >>>>> recently is that SVG files only support RGB colourspace not CMYK. >>>>> Because of this, if using Inkscape, and saving in normal SVG format any >>>>> CMYK colours are saved into RGB equivalent. If I have a CMYK colour I >>>>> export as EPS from Inkscape, it too oddly won't save as CMYK, as >>>>> Inkscape still doesn't support this >>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/171214 >>>>> >>>>> Now what's all this got to do with Scribus ? >>>>> >>>>> Well although the colours themselves when you import these various >>>>> files ie SVG, and EPS are ok, the CMYK colour values aren't correct as >>>>> you expect. >>>>> >>>>> But after creating same files in Illustrator, and saving .ai, .svg and >>>>> .eps files, I would expect the .eps at least to show the correct CMYK >>>>> values on import into Scribus (using 1.3.6SVN), but it doesn't either. >>>>> The colour is more or less the same, but the CMYK values vary wildly. >>>>> >>>>> Loading up the .ai file into Inkscape also doesn't show the right CMYK >>>>> values, similar colour match but wrong values. >>>>> >>>>> Am I looking at this the wrong way, but how do people using a complete >>>>> FOSS system actually get a a fully correct workflow with CMYK using >>>>> Scribus, etc ? >>>>> >>>>> Also, can you get the same actual CMYK colour using a different >>>>> combination of values of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black ? If so, >>>>> perhaps this is what's happening - same colour, but different >>>>> (incorrect) make up to achieve it ? >>>>> >>>> So when you "correct" colors, try to understand the subjective nature >>>> of this. >>>> >>> Hi Greg >>> >>> I take your point, but one part of my query was why doesn't Scribus show >>> the same CMYK values for a colour saved as an EPS file from Illustrator >>> than what Illustrator does ? >>> >>> I have a file with Pantone 575CVC green, which is CMYK 60%, 9%, 95%, 50% >>> as created in Illustrator (used as Inkscape can't accurately save CMYK >>> values into an svg or eps file). >>> >>> But when I import the Illustrator eps file into Scribus 1.3.6SVN (or >>> 1.3.3.13), the colour although closely matching in tone what was created >>> as the eps, has CMYK values 76%, 36%, 100%, 27% >>> >>> So why aren't the values the same as what's in the Illustrator eps file ? >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100223/14d90b37/ >> attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> > I start out with Galaxy Gauge's Color map Pro to get close to what I want. > This marvelous document is printed on heavy stock and coated, so that what you > see is likely very close to what you get. Then with no document active I go to > edit->preferences and set my cmyk palette to Scribus Open Office. I create a > "new" color, give it a name, and use the values from the above referenced > Color map Pro to describe the color. > > Galaxy Gauge has wonderful publishing products at very low prices: > http://www.galaxygauge.com/ > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100223/3e4a9b6e/attachment.htm>
