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Does anyone know about CMYK support? I remember years ago it was a planned feature, but recently I tried to gather info about it and could not find anything. H

Does anyone know about CMYK support? I remember years ago it was a planned feature, but recently I tried to gather info about it and could not find anything. Has the team decided to remove it from scope? Currently I know of Cyan[1] as an open source tool that I can use to prepare an asset for printing, happy to hear about any other good alternatives. [1] http://cyan.fxarena.net/ http://cyan.fxarena.net/

ofrzeta 4y ago
I couldn't find anything either. At some point someone added CMYK support to GEGL and this seems to be where any other effort has stopped. Heck, even the Roadmap on the Gimp homepage is a dead link. EDIT: Here's an issue in the Milestone 3 that is concerned with CMYK exporting: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/356 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/356
- oblio 4y ago
  That's nice, but the time frames for these tickets are starting to run into the decades... It's a shame, but no wonder people move on.
  - xvilka 4y ago
    Looks like there is a MR trying to solve this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/627 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/627
    - mastazi 4y ago
      Nice! Thank you for the link
mkesper 4y ago
Maybe krita [0] could do the job for you? [0] https://docs.krita.org/en/general_concepts/colors/color_models.html https://docs.krita.org/en/general_concepts/colors/color_mode...
- mastazi 4y ago
  EDIT: I just tested importing a few different image formats and didn't have any issues, so Krita could be a good alternative. Thanks, I was aware that Krita could do CMYK but how about importing assets created in other programs? Can it import any type of image files? I ask because I thought that Krita was more of a drawing/painting program and I'm not familiar with its import capabilites.
riidom 4y ago
https://www.scribus.net https://www.scribus.net - a DTP software, does printing well (this includes CMYK support). While it doesnt let you fix color conversion issues (since it's not a graphic editor, rather think of InDesign), it displays warnings when you are outside boundaries.
- mastazi 4y ago
  Thanks, I have used Scribus for DTP jobs in the past and it's good for that type of workload, maybe though it's a bit overkill for what I need (just converting assets created in other SW to CMYK, so that I can send them to print) but I agree that it could do the job if needed.
CarVac 4y ago
https://mobile.twitter.com/zemarmot/status/1515807561148211206 https://mobile.twitter.com/zemarmot/status/15158075611482112...
- mastazi 4y ago
  Nice! Do you know if/when it's going to be merged, and if this is the same as the PR linked in this other comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422001

ofrzeta 4y ago

I couldn't find anything either. At some point someone added CMYK support to GEGL and this seems to be where any other effort has stopped. Heck, even the Roadmap on the Gimp homepage is a dead link. EDIT: Here's an issue in the Milestone 3 that is concerned with CMYK exporting: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/356 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/356

oblio 4y ago
That's nice, but the time frames for these tickets are starting to run into the decades... It's a shame, but no wonder people move on.
- xvilka 4y ago
  Looks like there is a MR trying to solve this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/627 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/merge_requests/627
  - mastazi 4y ago
    Nice! Thank you for the link

mkesper 4y ago

Maybe krita [0] could do the job for you? [0] https://docs.krita.org/en/general_concepts/colors/color_models.html https://docs.krita.org/en/general_concepts/colors/color_mode...

mastazi 4y ago
EDIT: I just tested importing a few different image formats and didn't have any issues, so Krita could be a good alternative. Thanks, I was aware that Krita could do CMYK but how about importing assets created in other programs? Can it import any type of image files? I ask because I thought that Krita was more of a drawing/painting program and I'm not familiar with its import capabilites.

riidom 4y ago

https://www.scribus.net https://www.scribus.net - a DTP software, does printing well (this includes CMYK support). While it doesnt let you fix color conversion issues (since it's not a graphic editor, rather think of InDesign), it displays warnings when you are outside boundaries.

mastazi 4y ago
Thanks, I have used Scribus for DTP jobs in the past and it's good for that type of workload, maybe though it's a bit overkill for what I need (just converting assets created in other SW to CMYK, so that I can send them to print) but I agree that it could do the job if needed.

CarVac 4y ago

https://mobile.twitter.com/zemarmot/status/1515807561148211206 https://mobile.twitter.com/zemarmot/status/15158075611482112...

mastazi 4y ago
Nice! Do you know if/when it's going to be merged, and if this is the same as the PR linked in this other comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422001