Alastair M. Robinson released an update to CMYKTool — a Linux/Windows RGB<>CMYK color managed converter that makes life of GIMP users a little easier.

Changes in the new version are:

• correct handling of greyscale images with embedded greyscale ICC profiles;
• optional dithered exporting of 8bpc JPEG and TIFF images;
• devicelink profiles can now be exported for use in other applications, description will be saved as metadata;
• global progress bar for tasks was added;
• search for profiles in system directories is now recursive;
• localizations have been updated, a new partial Japanese translation is available now.

Ways to download/install are:

• Source code
• PPA for Ubuntu
• Windows build

Alastair also created a screencast to demo use of devicelink profiles in CMYKTool:

More on this topic:

• Getting CMYK colors from Inkscape to Scribus for printing
• Richard Hughes on color management in Linux and GNOME
• GNOME Color Manager, preliminary review
• Argyll 1.3.4 adds support for recent X-Rite and ColorMunki colorimeters
• Black Five Imaging announces public Git repo for PhotoPrint and Co.