> All we know for sure is that the only way to get the > Raster is to make a BufferedImage using read(0) which > guarantees a performance hit.
I am not that sure. You seem to be asking for something more than the Raster. :-) As Robert suggested at http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=280813 you might be able to get the raw color space info from image metadata. [Message sent by forum member 'jxc' (jxc)] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=280884 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".