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Kai-Uwe Behrmann edited this page Dec 22, 2017 · 1 revision

Informations about colour management in Scribus

Mixed Colour space documents in Scribus

Other than suggested in Flat color vs. mixed mode documents Scribus (1.3.x) uses internally a mixed colour space model, thus allowing a late binding for maximum quality preservation. In detail; all incoming images are preserved by numbers. No conversion occure. The embedded profile is attached to the image object and a suitable is selected if no embedded was found. Goal is to avoid unnecessary CMYK->RGB->CMYK conversions.

An other policy in Scribus is observable during saving Scribus document as a final PDF.

PDF Target: <dl> <dt>Screen</dt><dd> convert to sRGB</dd> <dt>Print</dt><dd> convert to print colour space, selectable in the Scribus colourmanagement preferences</dd> <dt>PDF/X3</dt><dd> keep numbers dont convert anything (only RGB or as well mixed RGB and Cmyk?)</dd> </dl>

profile download and installation in Scribus: back -> Applications

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