Version: (using KDE 4.2.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I just tried Print Assistant and it's just awesome and helpful feature, much more useful then similar wizards in other DAM software I tried. I miss only one thing - possibilty convert print batch to destination (printer) color space. Some CM is commonly present in the printer driver though this could be turned off and so we can use our own printer profile (produced using Argyll or provided by the paper/ink manufactrer). It's essential especially in case of use of third party inks or papers in order to maximize output quality.
Gilles do you think it's hard to port digikam cms into printimages?
Angelo, It's not a trivial task. Color Management is a complex stuff. 1/ you need to be relied with littlecms library 2/ you need a codec to convert QImage image data from source color space to a target color space 3/ In digiKAm, we don't use QImage, but a dedicated container which support 16 bits color depth : DImg 4/ DImg CM codec is here : http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/libs/dimg/filters/icctransform.h?revision=949654&view=markup 5/ I recommend to checkout is a QImage CM codec already exist somewhere. 6/ You need a settings panel. digiKam code is there : http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/utilities/setup/setupicc.h?revision=949654&view=markup 7/ And finaly, to understand how CM work exactly (:=))) Good luck Gilles Caulier
argh, i believe it's too hard by now... can we add it as a summer of code task?
Git commit c88e51cbe7b5569d6c7b8f75a0602fd47b19788e by Gilles Caulier. Committed on 16/07/2017 at 14:34. Pushed by cgilles into branch 'master'. Print Creator: Use DImg instead QImage, this will permit to use color management later. Move DImg to QImage conversion in separated thread to speed-up processing. Related: bug 373024 M +2 -2 utilities/assistants/printcreator/manager/advprinttask.cpp M +11 -17 utilities/assistants/printcreator/tools/advprintphoto.cpp M +15 -9 utilities/assistants/printcreator/tools/advprintphoto.h M +30 -15 utilities/assistants/printcreator/wizard/advprintcropframe.cpp https://commits.kde.org/digikam/c88e51cbe7b5569d6c7b8f75a0602fd47b19788e