On 04.06.2009 20:18, JimmyVolatile wrote:
I've done suggested but I still can not make the profiles work for Inkscape under Windows. The profiles work nicely for Scribus and I can install and uninstall profiles without hassle by right-clicking the profile files and selecting 'Install Profile'. The installed profiles end up in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color and is available for use in Scribus. Not so with Inkscape.
I can confirm this.
> 3. If installing LittleCMS or similar is needed to make this work? The library is part of Inkscape.Ok. Good thing. Although, it seems to be planned for version 0.53, according to the roadmap ( http://www.inkscape.org/roadmap.php ). I can not find anything saying otherwise, partially because there's something wrong with the inkscape wiki.
Little CMS is (just) a library for color management. The question is whether and how it is used by Inkscape.
Does any of this work better on Linux? Is the color management UI simply not working at all on Windows?
I booted a SUSE Linux, installed the Inkscape packages, and when I ran it for the first time I could choose monitor and printer profiles via the drop-down lists. Then I copied a birthday card I made on Windows to the SUSE laptop, opened this file, and the drop-down lists were as unusable as on Windows. Furthermore, the drop-down lists continue to be unusable...
Apart from unexpectedly strange-looking gradient fills, fonts turned out to be another problem in an SVG-Scribus-PDF/X-3 work flow. Due to the PDF 1.3 specification, you can't use transparency. In this context, the standard transparency in gradient fills is of particular usefulness. If Scribus' pre-press check states the use of transparency in polyline 15, how do you locate it in Inkscape?
I spent a considerable amount of time on printing issues as well as on guessing functionality, e.g. of Filter Effects, whereby it is most annoying that you have to do this as if you were the first one ever.
Is there an experienced user willing to coordinate and one of the developers willing to participate to write a paper, e.g. on printing?
HL