Ah, ok, we were talking apples and pears then :-) I'm certain the Gimp can do that, but I'm a little wary of messing with the originals. Experimentation might be fun though.
-- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 08:11:49PM -0400, john Culleton wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:33:05 +0200 > Richard Foley <rich.inud at naktiv.net> wrote: > > > Hi John, > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > I'm not sure we're talking about quite the same thing. This is > > probably because I haven't explained myself properly. I am not > > trying to set up a "rich black" spot colour which I can use for type > > or for black boxes, or something like that. I'm trying to increase > > the visual contrast of slightly "knocked back" photographs, by > > increasing the depth of black in the photograph, when printed. > > > > It's possible I can't actually get any more black than I've already > > got from LSI. The glossy cover, for instance, looks just fine. > > However the inside pages look a little "soft". It's might be partly > > because of the printing on to matt paper, but not being a media guru, > > I'm not entirely certain... > > > > So, just to clarify, I'm trying to increase the contrast of the > > images, and think this might be done by making the black, wherever > > black appears in a photograph, a bit denser. Does this make sense, > > and are we talking about the same thing here? > > > > The tools for making black more dense are in Gimp or Krita. > Unfortunately Gimp only works in RGB color model. Krita will work > in either color model. I'll see if I can increase contrast in a > B/W graphic in Krita. Krita is a KDE tool. > > > > -- > John Culleton > Free list of books for self-publishers: > http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html > Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
