On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Gez <lis...@ohweb.com.ar> wrote: > El dom, 05-06-2016 a las 09:26 +0200, Øyvind Kolås escribió: >> >> > Practical, applied color management is not that complicated. >> > Neither is >> > understanding the basics of radiometrically correct editing. >> >> Most people - including people doing photography and graphic design >> work for a living - prefer not to. I used to teach people becoming >> such professionals at a university level. It should also be possible >> to use GIMP for color scientists and color science geeks that care >> more about color accuracy control than image composition. > > That should come endorsed by a professional photographer or designer > saying she doesn't care about color management. > We can assume that the silence is because nobody cares. But there is > also a fat chance that there aren't many of those professionals around > here. > > It's also possible that many future professionals at university level > truly don't care, because they weren't taught about the importance and > influence of color management in their work. > I know that was the case with me. The quality of my work improved > substantially after I understood the basics of color management. > "just works" for most of the people means "I don't have to care about > that" and that's a huge mistake. > > I do graphic design work for a living, and for ideological reasons I > chose to do it with free software. I do care about proper color > management because I know how doing it wrong degrades and limits the > quality of my work. >
I am not saying that there should be no ability to do color management - or that it is worthless. I have been doing color science research as well as been teaching bits of color reproduction knowledge. I am saying that expecting a user to understand color management before being able to do decent work with GIMP and its user interface is unreasonable. Just like a good photographer beats a bad one with an expensive camera; detailed knowledge of color management and pixel representation is secondary to other skills in producing quality photos. mitch manages ignore the mailinglist and stay productive - astonishing given the level of distraction here on gimps mailinglist. /pippin _______________________________________________ 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
