On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
So, SVG files created in Inkscape that have data stored in "device-cmyk" will be properly opened in sK1 respecting those values.
Yes, it was implemented one or two weeks ago, to the best of my knowledge.
If that is SVG...
THEN IT IS THE WRONG THING!
Sorry to be over dramatic, but especially in the SVG 1.2 color proposal, the purpose of device-cmyk is for *unmanaged* color workflows. In modern times *nobody* really should be using that. (well, except for edge cases like people trying to create patches to feed a colorimeter to profile a specific printer).
At the least, data should be using some "standard" CMYK profile, such as SWOP.
Much as RGB images nowadays have come to be tagged as either sRGB or AdobeRGB, CMYK too needs to be tagged to a specific colorspace.
If needed, the OpenICC or Scribus people (the latter having been doing professional PDF creation for many years now) can fill one in on specific details.
And, yes, I've taken care to confirm this with the editors of the SVG 1.2 Color spec.
And if SK1 is promoting an *unmanaged* color workflow, then it is actually harming the progress of Open Source in the professional print world.