| Re: grayscale vs. color [message #20130 is a reply to message #20111] |
Mon, 22 May 2000 00:00   |
Martin Schultz
Messages: 515
Registered: August 1997
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put in a feature request for supporting the CMYK color scheme!
Apparently it doesn't happen too often that this is needed (which leads
to the question: what kind of graphics software do these hot-shots who
are writing books use?), but it is sure frustrating if, after months of
reiteration, your oh-so-beautiful plot can't be used for publication
because of -- err, yes, color handling ;=) I sure hope that Corel Draw
will be available for Linux one of these days; that could help ...
Martin
Andrew wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is a stupid question. I am making some line
> graphs (eps files) for a book, using IDL direct graphics.
> Some of the graphs have several series and it would be nice
> to use solid grey as an alternative to dot-dash-double-dot-dash-
> double-dotdash or whatever for some lines.
>
> In the past, I have always loaded a colortable and there is
> always some color, not hard to find, that turns into the just
> right shade of grey when it goes to the laser printer. This color
> is not always "grey" --- it's whatever color prints out grey.
>
> Trouble is, this time it's going to some imagesetter (no idea
> which kind) far far away. Plus they don't want color and they'll
> probably freak if they see color. I don't know what they'll say to
> a grey-like-color in a color EPS file; maybe that's kosher, but isn't
> there a way to have grayscale in a garden-variety B&W EPS file?
>
> Is there a quick and dirty way to load a colortable that is
> really just a grayscale? I looked in the material I had but didn't
> find anything.
>
> TIA,
> -- Andrew
> noymer@my-deja.com
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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