On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:08 AM, H.Lekin
<h.lekin@...961...> wrote:
On 03.06.2009 21:34, JimmyVolatile wrote:
> Hi. I still find this kinda confusing.
Hi too!
I find it even worse. Today, I went to make a few test prints: TIF and
PDF/X-3 with different profiles; not too convincing, no. Also, monitor
calibration is still problematic. Norman Koren's / LProf charts lead to
a very dark screen; two other tests do not comply with this. Buying a
Spyder is too much for what I intend to do...
> Is there a tutorial that step-by-step states:
> 1. Where and how to download some frequently used profiles, like Adobe's?
www.adobe.com/downloads/ -> Adobe ICC Color Profiles
By the way, Adobe Color Management Module makes no sense.
I also downloaded ISO Profiles from ECI (European Color Inintiative),
www.eci.org
> 2. Where to put the .icc-files on the various platforms
> (Mac/Linux/Windows) in order to make Inkscape use them.
See 'Profile Information.pdf' included in Adobe profiles.
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.
> 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.
> I tried having a look at Inkscape.org, Flossmanuals, Wikipedia but to no
> avail. Searching for icc on Inkscape.org only gives me a hint about
> manually adding an XML element to each file when use of ICC profiles i s
> desired.
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Adding_color-profile_element .
> I also can not get the dropdowns in the *Preferences --> Color
> Management *dialog to work
Same to me. I added the URI to Inkscape's preferences file, group
id="softproof". Don't know yet whether this does anything at all.
Tried the same on my system:
Providing URIs to the ICC profile folder or URIs to individual .icc files does nothing. I confirmed that the pref file is actually read by changing the "Out of gamut" color to green.
( File found in: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Inkscape\preferences.xml )
> even when I follow minombresbond's advice.
> Sorry if this is obvious to you all but I'm having a bit of a struggle.
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> Thanks :),
> Jimmy Volatile.
Good luck, beware of mad Inkscape disease,
HL
Does any of this work better on Linux? Is the color management UI simply not working at all on Windows?
I promise I'll write a good tutorial or improve the color management page on flossmanuals if I find good answers to all these questions :) :)