Re: [Usability] cmyk colour profile

[David Christian Berg <david sipsolutions net>]

> The problem is that the algorithms for CMYK conversion and colour
> management are patented, so are very tricky.    What you are asking for
> already exists though: colour correction for display.

Well, yes, the Pantone stuff will not be possible without buying some
sort of license.

> Scribus and Gimp 2.4 can be given a colour profile for the display, and
> will use it to correct any colours they display.  Scribus supports CMYK
> colours and will use the display profile to correct them for display.

Well, what I'm actually asking for is a _global_ setting, that gimp (?
there's not native CMYK support!) and inkscape aswell as openoffice and
other programs (scribus might be hard, because it's QT) can use.
This should either be part of Gnome or GTK.

David