Color Management setup: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:23, 8 October 2012

This article is part of the Tips & Tricks series.

These are practical notes to issue a PDF for printer, using RGB images, and having to issue a CMYK PDF.

Setup is spread in 3 places :

Color Management deals with how the color are managed both in the PDF output files AND in the input image files.

These are the preferences for the OUTPUT file.

First option is to specify the output type : either RGB (web) or CMYK (printer)

Then the "united colors" and "images" title options are to specify how to read images : input setup.

This controls all ! Whenever it is not pushed, no CM will occur.

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-{{TIP Index}}[[Category:Installation]] [[Category:EN]] [[Category:Printing]] [[Category:Color]]
+{{TIP Index}}[[Category:EN]] [[Category:Printing]] [[Category:Color]]
+These are practical notes to issue a PDF for printer, using RGB images, and having to issue a CMYK PDF.
 Setup is spread in 3 places :
-- Scribus preferences and document preferences
+* Scribus preferences and document setup
-- Color pane in the Options dialog of the export to PDF
+* Color pane in the export to PDF dialog
-- little "color management" button in status bar
+* little "color management" button in status bar
+==Preambule==
+Color Management deals with how the color are managed both in the PDF output files AND in the input image files.
+==Scribus and Document Setup==
+These are the preferences for the OUTPUT file.
+== Color pane in the export to PDF dialog ==
+First option is to specify the output type : either RGB (web) or CMYK (printer)
+Then the "united colors" and "images" title options are to specify how to read images : input setup.
+== little color management button in statusbar ==
+This controls all !
+Whenever it is not pushed, no CM will occur.