Gimp problem with printing

Trapesourus · October 9, 2006, 7:05am

hi guys,
now i design things that to be pronted in print houses using offset machines that use the CMYK modes…actually the gimp doesnt have this mode it uses rgb and BW only…when i print something done with the gimp the colors are distorted …is their any solution to this problem…and is there any free software like the gimp and photshop that uses CMYK I can use it for color correction.thanks

N30N · October 9, 2006, 9:00am

check out CinePaint (a development fork of gimp) and if your a linux user you can use Krita.

Also you could try this gimp plug in (not tried it my self).

Trapesourus · October 9, 2006, 9:06am

thanks man but can you give me a link to the software precompiled for windows…i cant find it.thanks again

N30N · October 9, 2006, 9:57am

Sorry dude, cinepaint-0.17 looks like the last version compiled for win (bit old). Looks like you’ll have to wait till the CinePaint Glasgow version is released for a up to date win version. :\

If I where you (and had to use win) I’d use Pixel image editor is proprietary (but well priced).

Trapesourus · October 10, 2006, 9:48am

didnt any developer try to fix this in the gimp…i am working always in printing :S

N30N · October 10, 2006, 10:48am

Of course, GIMP users have been waiting for the GEGL library to be released for ages/years.

Felix_Kutt · October 10, 2006, 12:02pm

theres a free app named Paint.NET for windows… i think it should have CMYK.