[Scribus] how to import cmyk-picture

Dominik Dominik.Holler
Thu Feb 2 15:26:55 CET 2006


On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:08:39PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On Thursday 02 February 2006 14:38, Dominik wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 02:31:52PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > > On Thursday 02 February 2006 14:19, Dominik wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 02:04:18PM +0100, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > > > > On Thursday 02 February 2006 10:42, Dominik Holler wrote:
> > > > > > hi,
> > > > > > is there the possibility to import a cmyk-picture with transparent
> > > > > > background in scribus ?
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem relates to the 5 channels of data.. CMYKA. Tried PNG?
> > > > >
> > > > > Craig
> > > >
> > > > i worry about png does not does not suppert cmyk
> > >
> > > Yes, ok.. I read it as JPG and CMYK TIFF, not CMYK JPG and TIFF.
> >
> > i  am sorry
> >
> > > This is unfortunately an issue relating to the fact that the QImage class
> > > only knows about 4 channels.. RGBA or, as Scribus has also used, CMYK. We
> > > need a 5th one. I suspect we will move away from QImage soon enough
> > > though.
> >
> > thx for your reply
> > ok, scibus does nor work with cmykA at this time.
> > is it possible to import rgba and force converting to cmyka while exporting
> > to pdf ?
> 
> Yes, export to printer destination (it will convert everything to CMYK).
> 
is this ,,export to pdf" using Color: Printer (not Screen) ? 
i will have a closer look at the produced pdf ( this can take some time
...) - but i worry the image is still rgb
or you want to say i have to ,,print'' in a file ?

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