Actually SVG does allow for proper CMYK, as does Inkscape. It is
just
that the export path we use (Cairo) does not support CMYK.
Hi Jon Cruz
Its a pity Cairo doesn't support CMYK. I would really like to know how
you can convert the colorspace of an svg file, I have exported a CMYK
file exported from Illustrator but it has not retained its colourspace.
AFAIK editing the xml colour tag in a text editor is the only way to get
the svg file to include CMYK or spot colour info, please could you share
your method of you do this.
>
> I agree, but CMYK is not covered in the svg
> standard. My solution is to import the Inkscape
> document into Scribus and then export it
> using pdf X/1-a:2001 as the target format.
Thanks John Culleton,
My current work around is to do just that or in most cases I change the
colourspace of the pdf (including and especially images) using
moonshiner. It doesn't always not retain CMYK colour values for vector
objects, it is an extra step I would like to avoid. I was wondering if
anyone else has been successful in using Ghostscript to convert the
colourspace of a PDF, but integrated into the export dialogue maybe as a
plugin. Its a slight hassle to import an SVG file, update the CMYK info
on each object,export to PDF, send the file to my local printer, do a
proof print with them, change the colour again in Scribus, export to
PDF. I guess I will just have to continue along this way of doing
things, until I have figured out how to what I want myself :)
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