As a sometimes Linux user, I agree with Cory re The Gimp. Cinepaint does do 16 bit editing but it has that Gimp interface :-(>
Up until recently you could also do Raw conversion and 16 bit Linux editing in Lightzone but since the upgrade to version 3 you can only download a time-limited beta. It seems that version 3 for Linux, when finally released, won't be free. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Dec 29, 2007 4:58 PM, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Even if you start with an 8 bit image, it's best to make it 16 bit > >> before making any adjustments--that way, you're not clamping values at > >> each step. The original point was, there's no way to do this in Gimp. > > > > There is software that does do it on linux now. I would expect gimp to > > have it soon. > > > As an avid Linux user, I can say that Gimp blows chunks. > Completely useless for any serious photographic editing. No color more > than 8 bits, and no color management. > > I recently bought an old DTP-92 which works with Argyll color > management under linux. Hopefully I'll be able to run a full calibrated > workflow now with Cinepaint, lprof, and Argyll. Since I don't do any more > editing than RAW conversion with WB, levels, and curves, Cinepaint should > be adequate. > > Linux is *very* immature WRT color management (and thus by > definition realy photo editing). > > -Cory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
