overhear Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Paint.net is always my go-to for making digital images for social media, but I recently needed to have an image printed and ran into issues with the RBG colors not converting well to CMYK. Now I'm (sadly!) wondering if I should start using a CMYK-capable app instead of paint.net (as suggested here). If so, which app would be most friendly as a starting point for a paint.net user? Cheap would also be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) You can use this open source freeware to make the RBG to CMYK conversion:https://cyan.fxarena.net RGB is a more efficient color printing format. There can be a 30% color drop in CMYK. Most good printers will print RBG just fine. Edited September 13, 2019 by HyReZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptillian Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) Krita 4.2 Create New -> Set Color Space to CMYK -> Click Plus Icon -> File Layer -> Open your pdn made ora file. You now have a cmyk workaround while still working within pdn. Edited September 13, 2019 by Reptillian G'MIC Filter Developer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overhear Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 Great! Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) I have all of my commercial work done at my local FastSign shop. My commercial works are usually 5000 x 5000 pixels (25 megapixels) I use to make my sRBG to CMYK conversions myself using the Cyan conversion utility but the lead printer at the shop told me that it was not necessary. I do take my monitors ICC profile with me but I sit with the lead printer and the image conversion and corrections are made on site to my satisfaction before doing the final output. Some of my images are designed to print to 8 x 4 feet media.I use Paint.NET, Expression Design 4, Power Point 2010, Inkscape, Corel Draw X15, and Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop CS5 Good Luck! Edited September 13, 2019 by HyReZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krasnaya Ploshchad Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) Cyan looks good, but it always failed to deal with a JPEG image from following resource, all colors are messed up. https://www.moi.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=10621 BTW GIMP will have capability for processing CMYK model since version 3.0. Edited March 12 by Krasnaya Ploshchad Add further information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Thanks for your reply @Krasnaya Ploshchad We do not reply to old posts, usually, and one can always open up a new thread if you have questions. The Rules can be read here for how we handle the forum How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Paint.NET is not the right software to use if you require a CMYK-based workflow. Simple as that. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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