CMYK Mode with Gimp
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Hello,
I have heard a lot about the merits of Gimp. However, I am still hesitant to use it because it has a flaw: IT DOES NOT HANDLE CMYK MODE.
Is this still the case for the current version?
Thank you for your response.
Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.12
I have heard a lot about the merits of Gimp. However, I am still hesitant to use it because it has a flaw: IT DOES NOT HANDLE CMYK MODE.
Is this still the case for the current version?
Thank you for your response.
Configuration: Windows XP / Firefox 3.6.12
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Good evening,
As for where I left off regarding the progress of GIMP, the developers have been delaying the support for CMJN/CMYK encoding in GIMP for several versions now. Why: a mystery, there must be a reason but personally, I don't know it. Do you want CMJN for a printer or for personal use? If it's not for professional use, RGB is more interesting: in CMJN, the colors are definitely less beautiful...
I was given a recipe a long time ago to make GIMP work, but I never used it:
First, you need to download the Adobe color profiles. After unzipping the file, you get a folder called Adobe ICC Profiles containing two subfolders: RGB Profiles and CMYK Profiles. Rename this folder to ColourProfiles and copy it to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\. Then, in each of its subfolders, right-click on each color profile and choose to install the profile.
Retrieve the separate.zip file (somewhere on the Internet) and find within it separate.exe, which you need to copy to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\
Never tested or installed, so no guarantees...
Luke.
P.S.: for the Adobe profiles, it's here: http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/iccprofiles/win/AdobeICCProfiles.zip but I don't have a link for separate.zip...
P.P.S.: look here: http://cue.yellowmagic.info/softwares/separate-plus/index.html
The price of software is inversely proportional to its ergonomics...
(Takuan Soho 1573 - 1645 ...)
As for where I left off regarding the progress of GIMP, the developers have been delaying the support for CMJN/CMYK encoding in GIMP for several versions now. Why: a mystery, there must be a reason but personally, I don't know it. Do you want CMJN for a printer or for personal use? If it's not for professional use, RGB is more interesting: in CMJN, the colors are definitely less beautiful...
I was given a recipe a long time ago to make GIMP work, but I never used it:
First, you need to download the Adobe color profiles. After unzipping the file, you get a folder called Adobe ICC Profiles containing two subfolders: RGB Profiles and CMYK Profiles. Rename this folder to ColourProfiles and copy it to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\. Then, in each of its subfolders, right-click on each color profile and choose to install the profile.
Retrieve the separate.zip file (somewhere on the Internet) and find within it separate.exe, which you need to copy to C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\
Never tested or installed, so no guarantees...
Luke.
P.S.: for the Adobe profiles, it's here: http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/iccprofiles/win/AdobeICCProfiles.zip but I don't have a link for separate.zip...
P.P.S.: look here: http://cue.yellowmagic.info/softwares/separate-plus/index.html
The price of software is inversely proportional to its ergonomics...
(Takuan Soho 1573 - 1645 ...)
It's a recipe that works without any issues. I followed the steps you described and then I checked with a friend who has Photoshop, and we do have an image in CMYK.
Thank you!
http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/separate.shtml