Re: debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread Bruce Perens
"Taking the lead" means taking responsibility for creating and uploading a package that addresses your particular area of interest, or coordinating a number of people who are working on the same area of interest. In this case, you may have to do both. Debian works very well when it is decentralize

Re: debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread ciccio
Bruce Perens says: >Note also that the color gamut of each device (printer, CRT, >photographic paper print, motion picture print, reversal color slide, >PAL TV, NTSC TV, SECAM TV) does not overlap the others. One of our main >concerns is NTSC TV, which can not represent many values that are valid >

Re: debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread Bruce Perens
> High quality output of colour graphics have some trouble for most > frequently two reasons: (a) Most programs are RGB oriented > (b) Neither RGB nor CMYK are device independent, and neither show a > linear property. Note also that the color gamut of each device (printer, CRT, photographic paper

Re: debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread ciccio
Bruce Perens says: >Yes, some of us do real computer graphics on Debian. The color module >belongs at the X level. I'd be interested in hearing about any you find >(or make), one should be packaged for Debian. Could this not be done as >a TCL/TK program? > >Has anyone interfaced a colorimiter? We h

Re: debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread Bruce Perens
Yes, some of us do real computer graphics on Debian. The color module belongs at the X level. I'd be interested in hearing about any you find (or make), one should be packaged for Debian. Could this not be done as a TCL/TK program? Has anyone interfaced a colorimiter? We have some lying around her

debian/linux Colour Management Module

1996-10-11 Thread ciccio
Hi, Is there anybody using debian linux for professional layouting / image processing? Actually, the hot question ist: Are there any efforts beeing done to implement an ICC compliant CMM module at kernel or X level? What would be a more appropriate place to ask for? -- Ciccio C. Simon [EMAIL PROT