> Am 12.10.2014 um 12:46 schrieb Øyvind Kolås <pip...@gimp.org>: > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Elle Stone > <ellest...@ninedegreesbelow.com> wrote: >> On 10/11/2014 08:52 PM, Jon Nordby wrote: >> Please correct me if I misunderstood what you are saying. I think you are >> saying: >> >> GIMP uses GTK+. >> >> GTK+ uses Cairo APIs for rendering to the screen. >> >> Cairo APIs assume 8-bit sRGB. >> >> Therefore in GTK+ applications such as GIMP, images must be converted to >> sRGB before they can be displayed on the screen. >
> Cairo is just one part of our eco-system which is following the > guidelines of how to integrate with color management even if you do it > badly; assume sRGB. so that means, that specifying a monitor profile in GIMP’s preferences other than sRGB will result in displaying wrong colors. Or am I wrong? I didn’t know that. On systems with builtin desktop CM, like OS X, wouldn’t it be better to disable the choice of a monitor profile in GIMP at all, as long as cairo assumes SRGB? Simone _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
