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Re: GIMP: is CMYK imprtant for monochrome work

Peter,

Why would you want CMYK capabilities (color) for printing
Ziatype (monochrome)?

If you are starting with a color original scan and need to
generate a B/W negative I suggest that you read "Converting
Color to Black and White" by John Paul Caponigro in the
Nov/Dec '98 issue of PhotoTechniques.  I assume that GIMP
has available most of the basic tools needed to process and
mix color information as described in this article.

Garet Denise
Garet@Cornerstone-Inspection.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter McDonald <Peter.McDonald@afp.gov.au>
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
<alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Date: July 17, 2000 7:22 PM
Subject: GIMP: is CMYK imprtant for monochrome work


>Just starting to play with GIMP (under Linux) and the
author of one of the manuals states that GIMP doesn't do
CMYK (as does Photoshop), only RGB.
>
>I am interested in enlarging some of my pyro negatives from
6x6 cm negatives to 5x4 or 8x10 for printing with Ziatype.
>
>Is there a issue with GIMP not using CMYK for this purpose?
I searched the archives, but couldn't satisfy my queries.
>
>Comments?
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter.
>
>
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