[scribus] Color management settings
JLuc
jluc at no-log.org
Fri Jul 10 11:30:46 UTC 2020
Hello
i looked at the Help about color management settings
and cant find satisfying explanations.
The settings dialog lists various profile settings are about CMYK and RGB.
I translate them here from french so it could be slightly different :
# CMYK images : asks for a CMYK profile
Is that the profile for CMYK inserted images ?
Does it mean ALL provided images should have this same profile ?
When my files have different internal profileS, which profile should i choose ?
Or should we convert all images to a same profile before providing them to scribus ?
Does the correct behaviour depends on the PDF-produced version choice 1.3, 1.4 or 1.5 ?
Is there a simpler choice where i dont have to convert all images to a same CMYK profile ?
# CMYK colors : asks for a CMYK profile
What use is that setting ?
Is that related to "spot colors" for marketing and advertising professionals
and i shouldnt care this as a book editor
because i'm not interested in exact pantone truthfullness for charter or logos
and all i care is nice looking photographs.
# Printer : also asks for a CMYK profile
This is the printer profile.
(FOGRA39 in my case)
# RGB images
# RGB colors
Same.
# About the UI
The checkboxes enable to choose
- activate color management
When this is checked :
-- black point balance
-- simulate on screen
When this is checked :
--- convert to printer colors
--- display out of gamut colors
Does "simulate on screen" simulate anything when "convert to printer colors" is not checked ?
Maybe this enables only the "display out of gamut colors" choice ?
(and also i'm curious to know : Why is there a black point balance and not a white point balance as usual ?)
JLuc
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