[QGIS-Developer] Looking for a QGIS core developer available to work on CMYK support in QGIS

[Julien Cabieces]

Yes I have a client interested in funding partially CMYK support in
QGIS, so I contacted Kdab few weeks ago to know what was possible, and
so they organized the meeting with all the interested parts. 

Regards,
Julien


> Hi Julien,
>
> Thank you for confirming that you are interested in working on it. I wasn't really sure if you joined the meeting back then because you have a client that
> wants it and can help finance. But now it is clear that you are also interested in doing the development work inside QGIS.
>
> Meanwhile I heard back from other devs who have an interest (Nyall and devs from OPENGIS). I will let the PSC come up with some good procedure to
> decide who will get the contract - or if it would be split in parts.
>
> Thanks,
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2023 at 10:56, Julien Cabieces via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>  Hi Andreas,
>
>  I'm interested (and already in the loop)
>
>  Regards,
>  Julien
>
>  > Dear QGIS core C++ developer on this list,
>  >
>  > The QGIS PSC and some interested funders are in talks with company KDAB to introduce CMYK support in the qt library.
>  >
>  > Adding support in qt is a very important prerequisite for CMYK support in QGIS, however, there will have to be follow-up development work in QGIS.
>  >
>  > So we (PSC) are looking for potential QGIS core developers familiar with PDF output and the QGIS layout module, as well as enhancing the color
>  handling in
>  > QGIS in order to allow users to specify CMYK colors next to the RGB colors and give the CMYK colors precedence in the PDF output if they are specified
>  and
>  > CMYK is chosen for the PDF output.
>  >
>  > If you are able to work on this topic (or know a QGIS core developer interested in working on it), please get in touch with us. I will then forward the
>  > information from KDAB we have (how they plan to introduce CMYK support in qt) - it would be good to find an appropriate QGIS dev soon, so that
>  there
>  > could be a collaboration with KDAB during their development - in order to provide feedback and test things out.
>  >
>  > Thank you for your replies,
>  > Andreas
>
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>  Julien Cabieces
>  Senior Developer at Oslandia
>  julien.cabieces at oslandia.com
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Julien Cabieces
Senior Developer at Oslandia
julien.cabieces at oslandia.com
09.72.52.52.76