(06-03-2021, 01:49 AM)CtrlAltDel Wrote: I think what PixLab is smugly relating to the board is that CMYK support is not a real thing and it's make believe and is a figment of the imagination of the deluded. That "EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE" ever written in the history of the Internet mentions that Gimp doesn't yet have CMYK support, and Photoshop does, is just an amazing coincidence and CMYK doesn't exist, a mere fantasy.
That Gimp developers are very proud in anticipation of the next major release of Gimp actually having CMYK support is not something that is really happening. Many Gimp users haven't been begging for CMYK support for over a decade now because, well, there is really no such thing as CMYK.
Please don't mention CMYK again when anyone asks you to compare Gimp to Photoshop because to do so makes one appear as if they are just making things up and would make you appear untruthful. The thousands of magazine, web site, blog posts, etc., articles over the years, about Gimp not having CMYK support, were all written by people that didn't have printers and don't really even know what they are talking about.
In comparisons of Gimp to Photoshop, there is now no need whatsoever to ever mention CMYK again because PixLab says so. And, unless you are Kellogs Foods and need to print cereal boxes millions of times a day at a massive corporation outfit, CMYK would do no one any good anyway.
Wow-wow-wow! I did not knew that some one can misinterpret my comment the way you did, especially to that point! That's scary.
You made me sound like an anti CMYK "terrorist", which I'm not, at all.
Anyway, Thanks for the woke up as I would never have thought that my comment could be seen the way you saw it.
(06-02-2021, 01:03 PM)meetdilip Wrote: I would be delighted if printing from GIMP on paper has no colour deviation. I do not have a printer at the moment so, I cannot try it myself. I always thought and was told that both Inkscape and GIMP is not suitable for printing on professional press. I have not used Photoshop in ages and stick to Inkscape and GIMP whenever possible. On Twitter, there were comments from official handles ( both Inkscape and GIMP ) in reply to CMYK requests. I am amazed the there was no " go ahead and print ", it will work fine.
I am no artist but it will help me a lot if GIMP output will work when dealing with visiting cards and alike. I can earn a little bit if the output is professional press-ready. I really hope that it is ok to send GIMP output to press. Thanks.
"I can earn a little bit if the output is professional press-ready" ... OK, now we know why you need CMYK
If you do need CMYK, I would suggest to use directly/learn Krita instead of GIMP, it's as good as GIMP for visiting cards, flyers, brochures, and alike, and you can directly work in "CMYK". Also, you might want to give a try to Scribus as this software is more dedicated for this kind of stuff.
But if you prefer to work with GIMP (which I understand, it's a lovely piece of software), you can convert your files in Krita once you have finished with GIMP.
To do so, export to PSD/PNG/your-favorite-extension from GIMP, open that file in Krita then in Krita's menu go to > Image > Convert Image Color space... > Model -> CMYK/alpha, then save -> done
Also you can re-adjust colors in Krita while in "CMYK" color space