On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Yoshinori Yamakawa <yam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > According to the GIMP Roadmap, it seems to take time very much for the > CMYK support to be added to the GIMP. > > Now we can use the separate+ plug-in, but I think that the separate+ > plug-in is not proper for the GIMP distribution because the separate+ > plug-in has unnecessary features for general users and the separate+ > workflow is not very seamless. > > The Separate+ team has written the subset version of separate+ (named > separate-) as a GIMP file plug-in. Separate- is the CMYK file exporter > and is very simple to use. It supports TIFF, JPEG and Photoshop PSD formats. > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640613 >From the feedback I have from users here in Brazil - and I mean professional artists working with FreeSoftware, I'd say it would be very important if we could get this in GIMP 2.8 Even if for gimp 3.0 and beyod we think of CMYK exports in a totally different way - all plug-ins will have to be rethough when we get to GIMP 3.0 anyway. The demand for this ability however we agree that it is not the best approach, is very high in the professional levels. At least around here, where the print stores use to require pre-separated artwork from the authors. Regards, js -><- > -- > Yoshinori Yamakawa <yam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
