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  CMYK color space
Posted by Greg on Mar-09-2010 23:50
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Hi,

Does ChartDirector support the CMYK color space?
I would like to generate a jpeg image with CMYK color values.

Regards,
Greg

  Re: CMYK color space
Posted by Peter Kwan on Mar-10-2010 00:42
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Hi Greg,

Unluckily, ChartDirector cannot generate images using the CMYK color space. ChartDirector can only output in RGB color space. You may need to use a third party tool to convert from RGB to CMYK.

Regards
Peter Kwan

  Re: CMYK color space
Posted by Jamie Pocock on Apr-17-2010 05:46
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I was wasting time with this aswell so I wrote this little routine to get the colors in English.

Try this (Its in VB6)

Public Color As ColorsX

Type ColorsX
    Black As String
    Gray(1 To 4) As String
    Yellow(1 To 4) As String
    Red(1 To 4) As String
    Blue(1 To 4) As String
    Green(1 To 4) As String
    Brown(1 To 4) As String
    White As String
End Type

Public Sub SetColorPallette()
    With Color
        .Black = "&H000000"
        .White = "&HFFFFFF"

        .Gray(1) = "&HCCCCCC"
        .Gray(2) = "&H999999"
        .Gray(3) = "&H666666"
        .Gray(4) = "&H333333"
        .Yellow(1) = "&HFFFF99"
        .Yellow(2) = "&HFFFF66"
        .Yellow(3) = "&HFFFF33"
        .Yellow(4) = "&HFFFF00"
        .Red(1) = "&HFF0099"
        .Red(2) = "&HFF0066"
        .Red(3) = "&HFF0033"
        .Red(4) = "&HFF0000"
        .Blue(1) = "&H0099FF"
        .Blue(2) = "&H0066FF"
        .Blue(3) = "&H0033FF"
        .Blue(4) = "&H0000FF"
        .Green(1) = "&H99FF99"
        .Green(2) = "&H99FF66"
        .Green(3) = "&H99FF33"
        .Green(4) = "&H99FF00"
        .Brown(1) = "&H009999"
        .Brown(2) = "&H009966"
        .Brown(3) = "&H009933"
        .Brown(4) = "&H009900"
    End With
End Sub



So if you want a dark brown just use
Color.Brown(4)
a light brown would be
Color.Brown(1)

Simple yes, you may want to add some more colors to the palette, but this was all I needed.

Jamie

  Re: CMYK color space
Posted by Jamie Pocock on Apr-17-2010 05:46
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I was wasting time with this aswell so I wrote this little routine to get the colors in English.

Try this (Its in VB6)

Public Color As ColorsX

Type ColorsX
    Black As String
    Gray(1 To 4) As String
    Yellow(1 To 4) As String
    Red(1 To 4) As String
    Blue(1 To 4) As String
    Green(1 To 4) As String
    Brown(1 To 4) As String
    White As String
End Type

Public Sub SetColorPallette()
    With Color
        .Black = "&H000000"
        .White = "&HFFFFFF"

        .Gray(1) = "&HCCCCCC"
        .Gray(2) = "&H999999"
        .Gray(3) = "&H666666"
        .Gray(4) = "&H333333"
        .Yellow(1) = "&HFFFF99"
        .Yellow(2) = "&HFFFF66"
        .Yellow(3) = "&HFFFF33"
        .Yellow(4) = "&HFFFF00"
        .Red(1) = "&HFF0099"
        .Red(2) = "&HFF0066"
        .Red(3) = "&HFF0033"
        .Red(4) = "&HFF0000"
        .Blue(1) = "&H0099FF"
        .Blue(2) = "&H0066FF"
        .Blue(3) = "&H0033FF"
        .Blue(4) = "&H0000FF"
        .Green(1) = "&H99FF99"
        .Green(2) = "&H99FF66"
        .Green(3) = "&H99FF33"
        .Green(4) = "&H99FF00"
        .Brown(1) = "&H009999"
        .Brown(2) = "&H009966"
        .Brown(3) = "&H009933"
        .Brown(4) = "&H009900"
    End With
End Sub



So if you want a dark brown just use
Color.Brown(4)
a light brown would be
Color.Brown(1)

Simple yes, you may want to add some more colors to the palette, but this was all I needed.

Jamie