On 02/08/2010 07:07 PM, yahvuu wrote: > From the User Scenarios [1], i'd like to pick "Creating Original Art", > short name: "create a collage". This seems to be the clearest case, > and perhaps the others can be modelled after this one. > > Compositing several images into one image requires that all parts > have the same color space. The work is saved as XCF. > > Interestingly, from this follows that the working color space is not > a preference item, but a property of the image (XCF). Instead, > the _default_ image's color space is a preference item. The color > space should be set by choosing a template or from the Image->Mode menu. > > > For collage work, 'open as layers' can safely auto-convert to working color space: > if a to-be-imported image requires manual color space adjustment, > it can be opened as an image on its own, be converted and then just be > dragged to the collage. So dragging layers between images should > silently auto-convert, too. This problem was observed in the excellent GIMP 2.6 review by Ars Technica: "GIMP is nearly flawless in its color handling, but there is one problem. It forgets to convert copy and pasted image content." http://arstechnica.com/features/2009/01/gimp-2-6-review.ars/2 > Somewhat related, why is 'color management' available as a display filter? > The name suggests it's a filter between image and monitor, so at most > the monitor profile(s) may be chosen here. As far as I know this is just an implementation detail leaking out in the UI: color managaing the viewing of an image is handled internally through a display filter. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
