On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:45:10 -0800, Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 11:33:40PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > > > who do i ask if they would like to change the word lightness into > > brightness from the gimp gui? > > without taking the time to look it up, there is a chance that these > definitions pre-date computers. much of the imaging language came from > photographic techniques and laboratory color measuring and algorythms > that describe the differences in colors. > > i have a similar story. i wanted to yell at the designer of the XServer > for choosing Red, Green and Blue for the display colors. my public > schooling thoroughly trained me in Red Yellow and Blue. i did yell at > him, actually. he kindly typed back that this RGB thing occured in 1910 > or so, about the same time they were inventing sushi and thinking about > having a world war now that the world knew about each other better or > something. > > it is all fairly crazy. to me, it is a wonder that anything works. > > carol > >
i dont mind they call it lightness i just want that they keep the same logic thats all :) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
