Aw: Re: [libreoffice-design] Open Colour Systems Collection 2.0 released

Mon Jan 2 08:24:23 UTC 2017

Hi Heiko,

I'm not sure if I can handle this. It's probably easy to create an extension that just copies 376 colour palettes into a subdirectory, but IMNSHO it would make sense to create something more versatile, e.g., an OCSC palette manager that enables users to select the installation or de-installation of (in the alternative: activation or de-activation) of OCSC colour palettes.

Simply put, having additional 376 palettes available, most of which are special purpose ones, doesn't make much sense. Scribus uses a dedicated download service to let users choose what they need.

I certainly don't have the time to code this, but if anyone wants to get their hands dirty with trying, I'll be supportive.

Best,
Christoph

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Dezember 2016 um 11:42 Uhr
> Von: "Heiko Tietze" <tietze.heiko at googlemail.com>
> An: "Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>, "designglobal.libreoffice.org" <design at global.libreoffice.org>, libreoffice <libreoffice at lists.freedesktop.org>
> Betreff: Re: [libreoffice-design] Open Colour Systems Collection 2.0 released
>
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> many thanks for sharing your work. In case of LibreOffice it would be great to have these palettes as extensions. Just ask if you need help to pack the soc files into oxt. But maintaining it on the extensions site is up to you (or any other volunteer).
> 
> Cheers,
> Heiko
> 
> On 12/23/2016 08:01 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" wrote:
> > Open Colour Systems 2.0 Released
> > ================================
> > 
> > freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour is pleased to announce the release of Open Colour Systems Collection (OCSC) 2.0.
> > 
> > Following the release of OCSC 1.0, freieFarbe / freeColour has been been recognised by German authorities as a non-profit organisation. The release of OCSC is the first one after the official recognition.
> > 
> > OCSC 2.0 comprises ten additional colour palettes. More importantly, it is now also available in Adobe's Swatch Exchange Format (ASE), as well as a Plain Text Format version with the file extension CLF.
> > 
> > All colours have been measured from vendor-supplied colour references with a spectrophotometer.
> > 
> > Since freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour is an advocate of the use of the CIE LAB/HLC colour model as a free and reasonable alternative to proprietary colour collections, colour values in the palette files are in CIE LAB.
> > 
> > Download
> > ========
> > 
> > SBZ: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_SBZ.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: 6b2bab7dde9e5fe9e8778ee9f79f31edcaa8cef8
> > 
> > ASE: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_ASE.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: fea350149e2b95af55f36e283fe597f279d3f79c
> > 
> > CLF: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_CLF.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: e65fd94db7f0d6484df9ce0cf0288ecd328ec655
> > 
> > 
> > In addition, OCSC 2.0 has been released in three RGB versions for use in LibreGraphics programmes that don't support the LAB colour model and/or one of the formats listed above (yet). The formats are: GPL (GIMP, Inkscape, Calligra Office, Krita, MyPaint), SOC (Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.org), and XML (Scribus 1.4.x).
> > 
> > Download
> > ========
> > 
> > GPL: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_GPL.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: c0eefb3a74f658c9c201d5671b4af6a085650cbb
> > 
> > SOC: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_SOC.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: 318d8fbaf391b0ec39fa433e807e3ec658381376
> > 
> > XML: http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_ScrXML.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: da456792dc89445022ab4ae1af3f5ccedc722cd6
> > 
> > 
> > A complete package with all supported formats is available here: http://dtpstudio.de/downloads/freeware/OCSC_20.zip
> > SHA1 checksum: e65fd94db7f0d6484df9ce0cf0288ecd328ec655
> > 
> > 
> > In addition, freieFarbe / freeColour provides other colour-related software for free here: http://freecolour.org/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Colour Software Release Planned
> > ===============================
> > 
> > freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour also intends to release a previously closed-source colour software product written in RealBasic as Open Source under a GPL 2+ licence. fF / fC hopes to find contributors who are interested in porting the code from RealBasic to C++ and Qt, as well as merging the features of Swatchbooker and the original product. The majority of the code is UI-related, but the essential algorithms (the core of the product) are well-commented. Any assistance with respect to the organisation of the release of the source code would be welcome.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > About freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour:
> > ===================================
> > 
> > 
> > freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 2016 by German and Swiss colour professionals after having worked as an informal initiative without legal status for several years. our motto is "We want to unchain colours". The organisation is looking for cooperation with colour experts, software developers and users around the globe who share our goals. You are invited to become a member and/or contribute your own project.
> > 
> > freieFarbe e.V. / freeColour is convinced that the design world will benefit from truly free colours and better colour software.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > December 2016
> > 
> > Holger Everding
> > Christoph Schäfer
> > 
> > www.freiefarbe.de
> > www.freecolour.org
> > 
> 
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