Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:56:13 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there any print enabled graphic design software? Message-ID: <20080220205613.b5b48f86.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1203554373.3455.15.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1203554373.3455.15.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> wrote: > > I'm trying to get away from Adobe products (which are becoming rather > agressive towards OSS), but I need to find a graphic software that can > handle CMYK properly. > > I've tried GIMP (which has great tools) but it doesn't handle CMYK > files- it only uses sRGB. > > I've tried Krita, but it doesn't work as well as GIMP tool wise, and I > can't specify images sizes very well at all- it only works on pixel > size, not inches or dpi/ppi. > > Therefore both are great for designing screen images, but not printed > images. I even tried using GIMP to design (using CMYK colours here), and > reformatting to a CMYK file with Krita. Problem with this is that the > image size doesn't work once reformatted, plus I need to export to pdf > which neither do and so printing to pdf means the final image size is an > A4 and god knows what dpi. > > Anything better out there? Might Scribus suit your needs? -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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