Re: [Gimp-developer] Soft proofing and the GIMP Display Filters and Color Management settings

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Mon, 2014-03-10 at 22:03 -0300, Gez wrote:
> El lun, 10-03-2014 a las 16:06 -0400, Liam R E Quin escribió:
>
> > +1 although for print work at this point you have to move to Krita or
> > Photoshop, most likely photoShop with a "preflight" plugin, so that you
> > can adjust individual plates (e.g. with dodge) for the different ink
> > colours (CMYK at the most basic, or two plates for a duotone).
>
> That's not entirely true.
> You could use an intermediate or late binding workflow, do the creative
> part in RGB and convert to CMYK later.
> IMO, although early binding has a couple of advantages, tweaking the
> CMYK plates individually gives you the false illusion that you have
> extra control, and you can easily end up screwing your output unless you
> know exactly what you're doing (for instance exceeding the recommended
> TAC for your output).

Yes, totally agree, I think I wasn't clear - when I said "the print
shop" I meant the pressroom, the chapel ;), and was not referring to an
agency that sends things off out-of-house to printers.  GIMP is
certainly central to a workflow in which the person editing the image
isn't the person who will have to worry about ink coverage and trapping
and bleed...

Pippin also kindly reminded me on IRC of a talk by Peter Sikking, which
I had forgotten, and which showed that he had moderated his position to
be more accommodating of needs of people preparing for print...

> [...]

>  soft proofing is extremely important. You can use
> RGB for print, but you need a reliable set of tools to proof colors
> against the desired output, and you need them to be handy.

+1

Liam

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