[Scribus] Inkscape and Gimp

[momo]

>> That mentality regarding cmyk is something to be ashamed of. And it is
>> just sad that the guy that created GIMPshop was shunned so. What he did
>> was no small task, and it made Gimp so much easier to use.

Is GIMPShop dead? I hope it's not 'cause it's the only version of GIMP with 
a normal usability... :(

>> Inkscape does look good, but until they implement support for cmyk in
>> the SVG spec v1.2, it will still miss the mark for many.

Inkscape will surely have CMYK, since the Inkscape team is planning to 
implement other that SVG 1.0 specifications, and among them is SVG 1.2, with 
CMYK support.
Also, the Inkscape team is one of the best ever, because they work fast 
(just take a look at the changelog for version 0.44) and they LISTEN TO 
USERS (what GIMP doesn't).

Mo.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pixelnate" <pixelnate at gmail.com>
To: <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Scribus] Inkscape and Gimp


Christoph Sch?fer wrote:
> Am Freitag, 2. Juni 2006 00:28 schrieb Marc de Banville:
>
>> Well, Gimp2 with the separate plugin produces quite good CMYK pictures.
>> I previously had to work with Photoshop for CMYK conversion, and now I
>> go directly through Gimp/separate. Do you think this method has drwbacks?
>>
>
> You can't work in (an emulated) CMYK colourspace, and you have little to 
> no
> control wrt the output. Moreover, CMYK is not enough. Other colourspaces 
> need
> to be supported as well.
>
Yes, additional color spaces would be nice.
> "Ashamed" is completely wrong here. However, one must not forget that the 
> GIMP
> team has deliberately ignored all requests from users to implement CMYK
> features for years. Their point of view has been for a long time: That's 
> the
> printer's job, not ours. So, they might be to blame for their current
> difficulties ;) They also have ignored many requests for a better 
> usability,
> and badmouthing the guy who created GIMPshop or the cinepaint team is not
> what I would call good manners. That doesn't diminish my admiration for 
> what
> has been achieved by the GIMP developers. The GIMP has become my favourite
> tool for restoring old b/w photographs. It's fast and very reliable.
>
That mentality regarding cmyk is something to be ashamed of. And it is
just sad that the guy that created GIMPshop was shunned so. What he did
was no small task, and it made Gimp so much easier to use.

> And I really hope no one will complain about inkscape. Given the youth of 
> the
> project, it is simply amazing what the guys have achieved in such a short
> time. Just have a look at the release notes of the soon-to-come 0.44. It's
> really hard to believe what's happening there (same as with Scribus):
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ReleaseNotes
>
Inkscape does look good, but until they implement support for cmyk in
the SVG spec v1.2, it will still miss the mark for many.

~N
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