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Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? [message #27027 is a reply to message #27024]

Mon, 08 October 2001 09:18

David Fanning
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Barry Lesht (bmlesht@anl.gov) writes:

> Someone else must have encountered this problem, but I can't find any
> mention of it in the FAQ or documentation. I generated an EPS figure
> for publication using IDL. The journal, however, wants figures as EPS
> in CMYK color mode instead of RGB. Is there a way to do this in IDL?
> I've tried using Adobe Illustrator (which will do the conversion) but
> two of my figures are too large for the amount of memory I have (128M)
> on the machine that hosts Illustrator. I've also tried using
> ImageMagick, but without success. Thanks.

No, IDL won't do it. You may have to take your
files to someone with a computer with more
horsepower. Kinko's will probably be able to
do it for you, if you can't find a colleague
with Illustrator or Photoshop.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? By: R.Bauer on Tue, 09 October 2001 01:30
		Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? By: R.G.S. on Mon, 08 October 2001 13:44
		Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? By: R.G.S. on Mon, 08 October 2001 09:45
		Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 October 2001 09:20
		Re: Color mode rgb -> cmyk? By: David Fanning on Mon, 08 October 2001 09:18

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