On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/09/2010 04:39 PM, Jon Senior wrote: >> 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 > > Jon, > > That is certainly possible. > > The one that most comes to mind is Photoshop 5.x. > > I have no idea what "modern" Photoshop and successors do. > http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshop/articles/phscs2at_learncurves_02.html White on the right, Same as GIMP, PSP, etc. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
