[gimp-help] Improve text of color management preferences a bit.
- From: Jacob Boerema <jboerema src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help] Improve text of color management preferences a bit.
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 02:58:19 +0000 (UTC)
commit 2245fb6463c0b29bcdb893c111daf614d89e0eaf
Author: Jacob Boerema <jgboerema gmail com>
Date: Thu Mar 17 22:55:33 2022 -0400
Improve text of color management preferences a bit.
src/using/preferences/prefs-color-management.xml | 121 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/using/preferences/prefs-color-management.xml
b/src/using/preferences/prefs-color-management.xml
index ffe81ad15..adf0c0939 100644
--- a/src/using/preferences/prefs-color-management.xml
+++ b/src/using/preferences/prefs-color-management.xml
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@
<sect3>
<title>Options</title>
<para>
- This page lets you customize the GIMP color management.
+ This page lets you customize GIMP color management.
</para>
<para>
Some of the options let you choose a color profile from a menu. If the
- desired profile is not in the menu yet, you can add it by clicking on
- the <guimenuitem>Select color profile from disk...</guimenuitem> item.
+ desired profile is not present in the menu yet, you can add it by
+ clicking on <guimenuitem>Select color profile from disk...</guimenuitem>.
</para>
<tip>
<para>
Files containing color profiles are easily recognizable by their
<filename>.icc</filename> suffix. In addition to that they are
- usually stored all together in only a few places. If you are running
+ usually stored together in only a few places. If you are running
GIMP on Mac OS X, you should try
<filename>/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/</filename> and
<filename>Library/Printers/[manufacturer]/Profiles</filename>.
@@ -54,39 +54,38 @@
<term>Image display mode</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Using this option you can decide how the GIMP color management
+ Using this option, you can decide how GIMP color management
operates. There are three modes you can choose from:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">No color management</emphasis>: choosing
- this selection shuts down the color management in GIMP
- completely.
+ this shuts down color management in GIMP completely.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis role="bold">Color managed display</emphasis>: with
- this selection you can enable the GIMP color management to
- provide a fully corrected display of the images according to
- the given color profile for the display.
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Color managed display</emphasis>:
+ this enables GIMP color management and provides a fully
+ corrected display of the images according to the given color
+ profile for the display.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Soft-proofing</emphasis>: when
- choosing this option, you enable the GIMP color management not
- only to apply the profile for the display, but also the selected
- printer simulation profile. Doing so, you can preview the
- color results of a print with that printer.
+ choosing this option, you enable GIMP color management not
+ only to apply the profile for the display, but also for the
+ selected printer simulation profile. Doing so, you can preview
+ the color results of a print with that printer.
</para>
<note>
<para>
- Please note, that the GIMP color management is used to
- enhance the display of images and the embedding of profiles
- to image files only. Especially are the options you choose
- in this dialog in no way used for printing from within GIMP.
- This is because the printing is a special task done by a
- more specialized printing engine that is no part of GIMP.
+ Please note, that GIMP color management is used to enhance
+ the display of images and the embedding of profiles to image
+ files only. More specifically, the options you choose in this
+ dialog are not used for printing from within GIMP.
+ This is because printing is a special task done by a
+ printing engine that is not part of GIMP.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
@@ -101,27 +100,31 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>None</guilabel> : GIMP uses the colorimetric
+ <guilabel>None</guilabel>: GIMP uses the colorimetric
profile of your monitor.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Select color profile from disk</guilabel> :
- if you have one.
+ <guilabel>Select color profile from disk</guilabel>:
+ choose a profile that you have available on your computer.
</para>
</listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Try to use the system monitor profile</emphasis>
+ <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Try to use the system monitor profile</guilabel> :
- If checked, GIMP will try to use the display color profile
- of the system windows handler. Else, the configured monitor
- profile is used.
+ When enabled, GIMP will try to use the display color profile
+ supplied by the system. The configured monitor profile is
+ then only used as a fallback.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
+
<para><emphasis role="bold">Rendering intent</emphasis>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -134,25 +137,26 @@
</para>
<para>
Relative colorimetric is usually the best choice (default).
- Unless you use a LUT monitor profile (most monitor profile
+ Unless you use a LUT monitor profile (most monitor profiles
are matrix), choosing perceptual intent actually gives you
- relative colorimetric.
+ relative colorimetric. See also
+ <xref linkend="glossary-rendering-intent"/>.
</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para><emphasis role="bold">Use black point compensation</emphasis>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis role="bold">Use black point compensation</emphasis>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This option is checked by default. Do use black point
- compensation unless you have a reason not to.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ This option is checked by default. Do use black point
+ compensation unless you have a reason not to.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
-
+
<para><emphasis role="bold">Optimize image display for:</emphasis>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -169,13 +173,13 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Soft-proofing></term>
+ <term>Soft-proofing</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Soft-proofing is a mechanism that allows you to see on your
- screen what printing on paper will look. More generally, it is
- soft-proofing from the color space of your image to another color
- color space (printer or other output device).
+ screen what printing on paper will look like. More in general, it is
+ soft-proofing from the color space of your image to another color
+ space (printer or other output device).
</para>
<para>
<emphasis role="bold">Soft-proofing profile</emphasis>
@@ -212,10 +216,11 @@
<emphasis role="bold">Mark out of gamut colors</emphasis>
</para>
<para>
- When this box is checked, the soft-proofing will mark color
+ When this box is checked, the soft-proofing will mark colors
that can not be represented in the target color space.
- On the right, a color button, when clicked, opens a color
- selector to choose the wanted color.
+ On the right there is a color button that you can click to open a
+ color selector to choose the color you want to be used for marking
+ out of gamut colors.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -225,17 +230,17 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">RGB profile</emphasis></para>
<para>
- Default is <quote>None</quote> and the built-in RGB profile
- is used. You can select another RGB working space color profile
- from disk: it will be offered next to the built-in profile
+ Default is <quote>None</quote>, which causes the built-in RGB
+ profile to be used. You can select another RGB working space color
+ profile from disk: it will be offered next to the built-in profile
when a color profile can be chosen.
</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Grayscale profile</emphasis></para>
<para>
- Default is <quote>None</quote> and the built-in Grayscale
- profile is used. You can select another Grayscale working space
+ Default is <quote>None</quote>, which causes the built-in Grayscale
+ profile to be used. You can select another Grayscale working space
color profile from disk: it will be offered next to the
- built-in profile when a color profile can be chosen.
+ built-in profile when a Grayscale profile can be chosen.
</para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">CMYK profile</emphasis></para>
<para>
@@ -252,7 +257,7 @@
<para>
Default is <quote>Ask what to do</quote>. You can also select
<quote>Keep embedded profile</quote> or <quote>Convert to
- preferred RGB color profile</quote> to indicate how to treat
+ built-in sRGB or grayscale profile</quote> to indicate how to treat
embedded color profiles when opening an image file.
</para>
@@ -269,11 +274,11 @@
<para>
See OpenICC project
(<xref linkend="bibliography-online-openicc"/>) where GIMP and
- others great names of free infography contribute to.
+ other great names of free infography contribute to.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Many profiles to load from the web:</para>
+ <para>Some online available color profiles:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
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