From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 8 11:05:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E6871065670 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:05:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (202-172-126-254.cpe.qld-1.comcen.com.au [202.172.126.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1A78FC1E for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:05:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [192.168.0.185]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26C24057 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 21:06:01 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20081108092653.GA4438@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20081108081229.GA3176@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20081108093248.J42716@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081108092653.GA4438@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:06:19 +1000 Message-Id: <1226142379.1220.32.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Port Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:05:39 -0000 On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 10:26 +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 09:33:36AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 10:52:08PM -0800, Mike Price wrote: > > >> Hello guys, > > >> > > >> Is there a port like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for FreeBSD? > > >> I would like to move to FreeBSD as soon as possible. > > > > > > You could try the gimp for manipulating bitmap images. For creating > > > vector images, try either inkscape or xaralx. They're all in ports. > > > > > i have a friend that do offset printing. > > > > he have to use windoze and photoshop for only one reason - gimp doesn't > > support editing CMYK images > > Nobody has ever said that the gimp was suitable for all purposes. But it > seems that most users of gimp (and photoshop) don't need it. > > Most of the gimp users seem to use it for editing photos or making web > graphics, where RGB is fine. Adding and testing CMYK capabilities > is both time-consuming and costly because you need access to pre-press > equipment to do meaningfull testing, see: > http://rants.scribus.net/2006/06/03/why-no-cmyk-in-gimp-is-a-good-thing-now/ > > However, there is a gimp plug-in for exporting CMYK images: > http://cue.yellowmagic.info/softwares/separate.html Actually I've checked that out and it isn't much chop unless you specifically want to create colour sep plates. Gimp can handle CMYK palettes because they're a subset of the RGB palette. Just use the right ICC, import into scribus, and save as a pdf (or whatever).