On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 02:12:22PM -0700, Kevin Turner wrote: > Then on Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 06:33:09PM +0100, Nick Lamb wrote: > > Pre-multiplying is a performance hack only, please don't let people > > think of it as something that will cure "black fringes" -- it won't. > > Perhaps that wasn't your intention, but in any case... > > Well, yes, that was my intention, actually. The basis for my thinking > comes from something Raph sent me when I asked when it is and is not > desirable for plug-ins to work in premultiplied alpha space. Kevin, that's a reply to Garry that you're quoting, in a message about file level pre-multiplied alpha, and possible architectural changes in Gimp 2.0. Not particularly relevant to your present concern. Nick.
