On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:30:58 -0500 Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am not sure where the "standard" that you mention comes from. I had > never seen black at bottom left (by default) until I started to use > Gimp. > > Is there some actual scientific standard underlying that? Or just > majority of programs? Or the programs you have used? Or? > > Maybe the programs I have used in the past were backward. I would suggest that they were. The "curves" are graphs plotting value in (x) against value out(y). Traditionally a graph starting at 0 for both axes would be drawn with the origin in the bottom-left. This naturally leads to a curves graph where black (0) is in the bottom-left and white (255/1023/...) is in the top-right. What programs have you used where this situation was reversed? Jon _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
