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Does Photoshop have an open source license yet? If not, they can make all they want, but Photoshop will still be lagging 20 years behind GIMP. See how silly t

Does Photoshop have an open source license yet? If not, they can make all they want, but Photoshop will still be lagging 20 years behind GIMP. See how silly that sounds?

Finnucane 10y ago
The difference is that when I am sending files to the press, the press cares if I have sent CMYK, and they do not care if I have used an open-source program. Personally, I prefer to use open-source when I can, but if it doesn't do what I need to do, then the difference is not 'silly'. It's an obstacle.
- nkuttler 10y ago
  You're absolutely right. OP picked an arbitrary feature though without telling how it affects the world around him and resorted to hyperbole. You actually have a point.
- cmurf 10y ago
  Almost no workflow involves Photoshop to press. It's Photoshop to some other application, like InDesign, exporting PDF then to press. Likewise GIMP to Scribus, which can convert your RGB images to CMYK before producing the PDF. While common, it's increasingly antiquated for printing companies to insist on CMYK. There are print standards that enable hand off of PDF for blind transfers where all content is defined in a device independent color space.
  - Torgo 10y ago
    Not gonna matter if your printer can't print the color you used, which is a lot of them. You'll just be surprised when your prints come back looking like shit I guess.
    - cmurf 10y ago
      They could print the color, they're just inept. There are amany printing companies around the world, even in the U.S., who can properly print properly prepared files, as I've described. And no doubt they'd like to have your business. The attachment to printing companies that do things wrong is why they continue to do things wrong rather than modernize.
    - Torgo 10y ago
      Downvote me all you want, I did it for ten years and I know what I'm talking about. Take a couple illustrations in Photoshop and convert them from RGB to CMYK and look at what goes out of gamut and looks like shit. You can waste a ton of time going back and forth same-daying samples from the print shop, or you can use a tool that can do CMYK and can utilize the proper printer color profile and have a good idea of what you can do during the creation process.

Does Photoshop have an open source license yet? If not, they can make all they want, but Photoshop will still be lagging 20 years behind GIMP. See how silly that sounds?

Finnucane 10y ago

The difference is that when I am sending files to the press, the press cares if I have sent CMYK, and they do not care if I have used an open-source program. Personally, I prefer to use open-source when I can, but if it doesn't do what I need to do, then the difference is not 'silly'. It's an obstacle.

nkuttler 10y ago
You're absolutely right. OP picked an arbitrary feature though without telling how it affects the world around him and resorted to hyperbole. You actually have a point.
cmurf 10y ago
Almost no workflow involves Photoshop to press. It's Photoshop to some other application, like InDesign, exporting PDF then to press. Likewise GIMP to Scribus, which can convert your RGB images to CMYK before producing the PDF. While common, it's increasingly antiquated for printing companies to insist on CMYK. There are print standards that enable hand off of PDF for blind transfers where all content is defined in a device independent color space.
- Torgo 10y ago
  Not gonna matter if your printer can't print the color you used, which is a lot of them. You'll just be surprised when your prints come back looking like shit I guess.
  - cmurf 10y ago
    They could print the color, they're just inept. There are amany printing companies around the world, even in the U.S., who can properly print properly prepared files, as I've described. And no doubt they'd like to have your business. The attachment to printing companies that do things wrong is why they continue to do things wrong rather than modernize.
  - Torgo 10y ago
    Downvote me all you want, I did it for ten years and I know what I'm talking about. Take a couple illustrations in Photoshop and convert them from RGB to CMYK and look at what goes out of gamut and looks like shit. You can waste a ton of time going back and forth same-daying samples from the print shop, or you can use a tool that can do CMYK and can utilize the proper printer color profile and have a good idea of what you can do during the creation process.