[scribus] How to use color management?

[Gregory Pittman]

Jeffrey Silverman wrote:
> Hi. Thanks for the pointer. However, I haven't read but the first
> sentence of the tutorial and already I know it will not quite address
> my questions.
>
> Typically, the images I use do not come from my camera. They come from
> a commercial partner[1] that doesn't know squat about digital images.
> I'd be interested in learning how images of high resolution but that
> don't have any existing color profile attached can have a color
> profile added so I can at least have some idea that what I see on
> screen is close to what will be in print.
>
> Any ideas in that regard?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
> [1] long story
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM, "Sveinn í Felli (IMAP)"
> <sveinki at nett.is> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Take a look at the nice tutorial by Elle Stone at;
>> http://www.nabble.com/Tutorial%3A-Color-Management,-Camera-Profiles,---Working-Spaces-to17587858.html#a17587858
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Sveinn í Felli
>>
>> Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
>>     
>>> So I want to try this color management stuff which claims
>>> to give me perfectly correct colors if I configure it
>>> correctly and will totally mess up everything if I don't
>>> (instead of keeping it deactivated so colors would just
>>> be mostly correct).
>>>
>>> I want to send my files to a printer, which accepts
>>> PDF/X-3 and uses ISO 12467-2 profiles
>>> (ISOcoated.icc/ISOcoated_v2_eci.icc, ISOuncoated.icc and
>>> ISOuncoatedyellowish.icc).
>>>
>>> I have: - No calibration device - A RAL classic color
>>> chart - A monitor which has two settings ("warm" and
>>> "cold") and lets me alternatively set R,G,B on a 0-100
>>> scale. It's currently set to "warm". - 7 color profiles
>>> on the download page of the monitor maker
>>> (http://www.belinea.com/de/service_support/fm/index.jsp?folderId=103863)
>>>
>>>
>>> What should I do to get correct color (change monitor
>>> settings? create profiles? use profiles from
>>> manufacturer? which one?)? Which options should I use for
>>> pdf export (especially in the color tab)?
>>>
>>>       
Whether you know it or not, there may be embedded profiles in the images.

Greg