06-08-2023, 03:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2023, 04:24 PM by rich2005.
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OK. You have PS, no need for GIMP. Start your project in CMYK and proceed.
A CMYK PDF ? It is a bit of a can-of-worms
First an outline of what is possible.
Gimp 2.10 is an RGB editor. However using the CYAN plugin you can export a jpeg/tif/psd CMYK image but not PDF
Gimp 2.99 edits in RGB same as Gimp 2.10 but can export a jpg or tif to a CMYK image (but stick with tif, for the moment) but not PDF
Krita http://www.krita.org is great for converting RGB -> CMYK but does not export to PDF and it is a big application just for conversions. Still worth considering. Start and finish your image in CMYK mode.
Scribus http://www.Scribus.net is a Desktop Publishing program. Feed it a CMYK image from one of the above and it can produce a good PDF. There is a big learning curve.
What can you do for a quick result ?
Save your work first as a .xcf (Gimp does make large PDF's nothing wrong with them except internal compression is low.)
Export that to a jpeg or png. Use an online converter jpg2pdf.com / png2pdf.com
Then another online convert https://www.i2pdf.com/pdf-to-cmyk
A CMYK PDF ? It is a bit of a can-of-worms
First an outline of what is possible.
Gimp 2.10 is an RGB editor. However using the CYAN plugin you can export a jpeg/tif/psd CMYK image but not PDF
Gimp 2.99 edits in RGB same as Gimp 2.10 but can export a jpg or tif to a CMYK image (but stick with tif, for the moment) but not PDF
Krita http://www.krita.org is great for converting RGB -> CMYK but does not export to PDF and it is a big application just for conversions. Still worth considering. Start and finish your image in CMYK mode.
Scribus http://www.Scribus.net is a Desktop Publishing program. Feed it a CMYK image from one of the above and it can produce a good PDF. There is a big learning curve.
What can you do for a quick result ?
Save your work first as a .xcf (Gimp does make large PDF's nothing wrong with them except internal compression is low.)
Export that to a jpeg or png. Use an online converter jpg2pdf.com / png2pdf.com
Then another online convert https://www.i2pdf.com/pdf-to-cmyk