On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:58:11 -0500 (EST) 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). Not something i have a use for though, I shoot film. I'm not sold on digital. The only thing I use the computer for is review. If I do a print, its all done the old fashioned way. The OS is still light years ahead of windows in filesystem reliability, in I/O performance, and in kernel stability. Really, to have gimp go 16bit, it would just take a handfull of determined and talented coders. IBM is shoving money into the project, if vicariously so, as well as many others. Do some research on their "Open Desktop" platform. Heh, and also, see who provided the systems to IBM for their Open Desktop work stations. :) > -Cory > > -- > > ************************************************************************* > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * > * Electrical Engineering * > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > ************************************************************************* > > > -- > 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. -- Ben 'Polyhead' Smith KE7GAL -- 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.
