On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <sudhanwa....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Nikhil Kala <nikhilrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > btw, GIMP can not do more than 8 bit colour depth. > > Here is a para from http://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html > ------------------ > When can we see 16-bit per channel support (or better)? > > For some industries, especially photography, 24-bit colour depths (8 > bits per channel) are a real barrier to entry. Once again, it's GEGL > to the rescue. Work on integrating GEGL into GIMP will begin after 2.4 > is released. Once that work is completed, GIMP will support 16 bits > per channel. If you need such support now and can't wait, cinepaint > and krita support 16 bits per channel now. > > It should be noted that for publishing to the web, the current GIMP > release is good enough. > -----------------------------
GEGL is available in GIMP 2.6. Please read the details in Gimp 2.6 release notes here http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html regards Vivek -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
