[Scribus] CMYK tif in 1.3.0 not exported properly

Aakin N. Patel aakin
Thu Apr 14 03:02:07 CEST 2005


: mail at ejobs.de schrieb:
: >Hi!
: >
: >Always having problems with correct colors during the printing process
: >(I'm absolutely not pro in DTP), I tried to use 1.3.0cvs because I
: >expected thing to be easier there.
: >
: >I imbedded RGB pictures into my document but they didn't show up in the
: >correct colors at the print shop (being a bit greenish which seems to
: >be the case for pictures not correctly converted to the correct CMYK).
: >This may be my fault and is not the reason for this Email.
: >
: >Because I was under pressure, I tried to embed CMYK images created in
: >Photoshop/Mac. They showed up correctly in Scribus, but when I exported
: >to PDF-X/3 only the K-component survived.
: >
: >What was wrong? Is there a bug in Scribus 1.3.0cvs or a mistake at my
: >side?
: You've been right, there was indeed a bug in Scribus. Its fixed now
: in current cvs, tomorrow the fix should be in the anon cvs.


Now that this was mentioned, I recall having an issue with tifs
greyscaled tifs where only the black component went through - the white
part got translated to transparent, which I thought was odd at the time. 
Being that it was a rush job, I just converted the images to png and
they worked fine, but thought I would mention it.

							- Aakin




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