Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-04-01 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Burren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does that description clear up anything for you? Yes, that was a very helpful explanation. Thanks a lot. > Lack of support for this stuff in the Gimp et. al. is the main > reason I moved to Macs (I have an IT background, but these days > work as a

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread David Burren
Just in case this wasn't clear in my last message, I'll expand on a few points. You can implement either or both of calibration and profiling. Having systems calibrated to a common standard means that you don't _have_ to worry about ICC profiles etc IF ALL YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS RGB DATA IN THE

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread home
ssage - From: "Sven Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GSR - FR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 14:50 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp > Hi, > > GSR - FR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread David Burren
John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So how do I determine which monitors, if any can have adjustable > Gamma? BTW I specified 3.0 gamma in my XF86Config file but I can > spot no difference in the test files. So my current Orion monitor > (17") does not seem to adjust. Monitors typically

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, GSR - FR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let try sorter: the question was "do you consider global gamma > adjustment useful at all?" and the reply was "yes, not only useful > but a basic". Well, I sortof find it distracting to have the user interface gamma corrected. If I set a reasonable gamm

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 03:52 pm, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh) wrote: > Le 31.03.2004 22:29, John Culleton a écrit : > >On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01:34 pm, GSR - FR wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-03-31 at 2011.13 +0200): > > [.. destructive compression ..] > > >I am busy window shopping on Eba

Re : [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)
Le 31.03.2004 22:29, John Culleton a écrit : On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01:34 pm, GSR - FR wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-03-31 at 2011.13 +0200): [.. destructive compression ..] I am busy window shopping on Ebay etc. If the monitor has an adjustment for color temperature is that the equivalent of

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01:34 pm, GSR - FR wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-03-31 at 2011.13 +0200): > > > Conclusions: monitors and video cards should be > > > adjusted at least basically (that includes gamma and > > > is an user task), normal apps should care a bit (AA > > > fonts, ie), and im

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: Monitor for Gimp

2004-03-31 Thread GSR - FR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2004-03-31 at 2011.13 +0200): > > Conclusions: monitors and video cards should be adjusted at least > > basically (that includes gamma and is an user task), normal apps > > should care a bit (AA fonts, ie), and image manipulation apps should > > care a lot more. It is a progresiv