On Saturday 01 January 2005 18:39, Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, snip > > Did you read the earlier discussions on this topic? If not, I suggest > that you do that now. > > > Sven > Sven, Yes I did read the earlier discussion several times but that was a few months ago. That is why I was surprised that a proposal surfaced here that involved doing color transformations as part of loading and saving images. This was a major part of the earlier discussions and it appeared to me that this approach had been rejected, or at least discredited, at that time. At the very least there were sound reasons put forward that called this approach into question and the only arguments on the other side were that it made programming the color management stuff a little easier. But I am also aware that there were many involved in the earlier thread on this subject that did not seem to think there was an issue with this approach. Perhaps I misinterpreted the earlier discussion and the approach was accepted or perhaps no concensus was reached. Which leaves me in what is probably a confused state of mind on this. So at this point I do not know if a consensus was reached earlier and if so what it was. I think I should point out that color management in GIMP is a major point of interest for me as it is the only thing at this point in time that keeps me from using The GIMP. I have been using a full, end to end, color managed work flow in my digital dark room for some time now and I consider it to be an essential element. So I have been following this in some detail for a while. I subscribed to this list specificly so that I could track progress on the color management sub-system and to perhaps participate in the discussion if it appeared that I had something to offer. When I saw the same flawed assumptions as in the earlier discussion I thought that I should point out the flaw now rather then wait. After all it is much easier and less costly to fix a design flaw early in the process than it is later on. -- Hal V. Engel
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