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2007.03.28 17:10 "Re: support for 24 bit floats?", by Andrey Kiselev
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 11:22:33AM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > >Nevertheless such a middleware library is a realy missed. So I hoped > >for it in RGBA, and, as Bob pointed out, a bit blindly. > > Someone could contribute such a middleware library to the libtiff > project. Probably it should be an extra (optional) library. > Development of such a library is quite challenging since it needs to > handle unusual (or deep) integer bit-depths, colormaps, JPEG, OJPEG, > YCbCr, subsampling, floating point, and exotics like LogLUV. Support > for ICC color profiles would be handy. The biggest challenge is with > how to provide a useful interface for the user since the end result > should be easier than using libtiff itself. I think that GEGL and Adobe GIL make a step in the right direction. Though, it is not easy to use these software. But presented approach is quite flexible and powerful. Best regards, Andrey -- Andrey V. Kiselev ICQ# 26871517