[Gimp-user] CMYK batch conversion

[rich <forums gimpusers com>]

> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:18 AM,  <brinydeep lavabit com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to do batch process of converting .jpg or .tif images from
> > RGB to CMYK?

> Yes.

> 1) Write our own GIMP script that will make use of separate+ and run
> it from console.
> 2) Use imageMagick's convert console utility.
> 3) Use CMYKTool and forget about console.

> http://www.blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F05CMYKTool

> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org

If you go for CMYKTool, I compiled it (CMYKTool-016pre1) in linux but when it comes to windows and Gimp 2.8.x 
then there are some adjustments to make.

The bat launcher is set up for gimp-2.0/-2.2/-2.4 and will need to be updated to something like
PATH=%PROGRAMFILES%\gimp 2\bin;%PROGRAMFILES%\inkscape

A couple of file changes. 
Does not seem to find libcairo-2.dll so *copy* this from the ...\gimp 2\bin folder to the CMYK\bin folder
Requires libtiff3.dll which is now libtiff-3.dll so *copy* this from ...\gimp 2\bin to CMYK\bin and rename it.

All being well it should work. 



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