Comments on: How to Add ICC Profiles In GIMP

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:00:24 +0000

Hello: I’ve been finding the tutorials very useful so first off thanks for doing that. But I guess I’m replying here because I’m starting to scratch my head and don’t really know where else to go, but I’m trying to figure out how to use the icc profile from my local digital print shop such that a collage that I’ve put together in GIMP using the default sRGB colour space will look the same by the time it’s printed. As it is, they come back form the printer much darker and a bit redder I would say. I have been able to do some calibration of my monitor such that I believe my monitor is at least good enough, and for the sake of argument let’s assume it is correctly set up. I guess I haven’t come across anywhere that seems to give me a good step by step guide on how to do this, though I am certain it must be possible.

I have found posts elsewhere that seemed to suggest (though I wouldn’t say conclusive) that GIMP can’t actually do that, though it can use the printer ICC profiles to do soft proof simulations of how they will come out, and I’ve also found references to a cira 2001 GIMP plugin that claims to maybe do that.

I guess I’m maybe hoping might be able to say for certain if GIMP can or cannot do what I seem, if so how to do it, and if not perhaps other ways to do it.

Thanks for any help,
Barry

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:43:04 +0000

@Leah
I’m afraid there’s a lot more to it than just changing the workspace which is what the RGB profiles are. You will also need to calibrate your monitor using a colorimeter which will ensure a greater degree of colour accuracy between monitor and printer. You will then also need to profile your printer to take into consideration manufacturing differences, the inks and paper you use, You will need a different printer profile for each type of paper you use.

After all that you might get a print the approximates the image you created on screen.

By: DM|ZE

DM|ZE — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:37:28 +0000

I downloaded the windows files and used them on linux as Shwaa suggested, they seem to work fine.

By: Duck Dodgers

Duck Dodgers — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:41:03 +0000

Couldn’t find the Linux profiles, so downloaded the Windows files…they are not text files, they are binaries.

Soooo, anyone know where to find a profile that’s compatible with Linux?

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:05:47 +0000

thank you! I was wondering why the beautiful green I used in a graphic didn’t print the way it looked on my screen – I’ll try a new color profile & see if that helps.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:16:18 +0000

Thank you for the tip!

By: Ed Barnat

Ed Barnat — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:13:35 +0000

Tried it and Gimp crashed (on my Windows 7 machine) when I tried to view “Levels” on my first test file. Setting the monitor profile, in addition the RGB profile, to AdobeRGB1998 as well seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks, Peter, keep them coming!

By: dcclark

dcclark — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:42:36 +0000

Profiles are independent of your operating system (they’re basically just a text file) — if you can get ahold of a profile, it will work anywhere..

By: shwaa

shwaa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:30:47 +0000

For linux just download the windows version. The ICC files are the same and the windows download is just a zip file containing the profiles.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:47:20 +0000

Most SLRs have a selectable color space. My 350D can do either sRGB or Adobe. This is useful for people who want to try a larger color space.