[scribus] Preferred place for ICC (icm) profiles.

Gregory Pittman gregp_ky at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 12 01:20:46 CEST 2011


On 04/11/2011 06:42 PM, Owen wrote:
>> What is the preferred location for additional ICC profiles for:
>> a: Windows (e.g., XP)
>> b: Linux (e.g. Slackware or Debian).
>>
>> On my Slackware 13.0 system Scribus 1.4.0 seems to find the profiles
>> in
>> /usr/share/colors/icc/pigments
>> but I don't know if this is the correct spot to add them.
>>   On Win XP it seems to find them in a couple of places
>
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Have a look at Help->Manual->Color Management it is 3 bullets down for
> Linux
>
> For Windows, no idea, but why not search for other icc profiles in
> windows and put them there as well?

I would recommend putting them in your home directory (Linux) or My 
Documents (Windows), then pointing Scribus to it with Preferences.
This is especially useful if you are building more than one version in 
Linux, or wish to copy from one computer to another.

Greg



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