Re: [tdf-discuss] PDF export in CMYK

Tibor
> thank you both for answers, I understand now the situation...
> My friend is historcian and he is not interested in learning any DTP technics – that is quite 
> understandable.
> His first pdf exported from OO was flatly rejected as it was in RBG. It is fault or shortcoming of 
> this publishing shop but he will not change it.
> Today, I found and tested pstill tool, it converts pdf to CMYK pdf, only colors (in included 
> photos) are somehow shifted, or undersaturated. I had not investigated this issue yet, it might be 
> something trivial …
No not trivial, thats wath i mend with using correct colorspace, when 
the pictures in a LO doc are all the same colorspace, then tranforming 
to CMYK has a better change to produce better colors.
> This was some background, but I have following question:
>
> You wrote:
>
> „Important for this process  is using the correct colorspace (sRGB or adobeRGB) is more important 
> and there are we have no tools in LO !“ - are you trying to say, that OO/LibreOffice exports PDFs 
> to wrong RGB type that can not be converted properly into CMYK pdf? If this would be the case it 
> would be quite serious problem...
I supose LO is not touching the colorspace precent in the original 
pictures, we slould have a tool (at least in draw) yo check the 
colorspace in a picture and to alter this all to the same space.
> Regards
>
> Tibor
>
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:08:38 +0100, Fernand Vanrie<sos@pmgroup.be>  wrote:
>
> > Tibor,
> >
> > A few years ago i would say yes a good idea that "CMYK" but deaser days
> > RGB is a common workflow due to the online use of the same (rgb)
> > documents. CMYK is "printer" business so they mostly prefer to do the
> > transfer off a RGB-pdf into a CMYK-pdf.
> > Important for this process  is using the correct colorspace (sRGB or
> > adobeRGB) is more important and there are we have no tools in LO !
> >
> > Fernand
> > > Hi,
> > > Friend of mine had an issue with openoffice, He was asked to deliver pdf in CMYK colorspace. It is 
> > > not possible by now AFAIK. But are there any plans or any work being done in this regard? I just 
> > > wonder, it is not critical issue for me, nor for my friend. He used some Adobe product at the end...
> > >
> > > Regards


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