On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Mike Ressler wrote:
> > Actually, the better way to do this is (xv Postscript code)
...
> > Either gives a better match to a human's RGB to luminance conversion.
> > Definitely not (R+G+B)/3!
>
> This is true. I just couldn't remember the coefficients in my head,
> so I just gave you an approximation that should be good enough for
> starters.

Amateur.

> Just for background, you can actually do it better than the
> weighted-average. However, it's a pretty big job:
...
> In general, a complete color-proof system is very expensive and
> difficult to achieve.

Ouch! Talk about swatting a fly with a sledge hammer. But it is a very
good procedure. When can we expect a patch?

Mike (ducking for cover, and escaping to do some real work ...)

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