[Openicc] Color management in gimp

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Francisco Bernal Rosso wrote:

> That is what I say, Martí. That Lcms the way gimp do color management is not
> practical. We need to introduce the code in the core. When I asked how to do
> it they say go to the bugs, familiarice with the internal structure and then
> some day, if you are a kind person maybe we let you touch in the core...
> That is not a practical approach. Maybe suitable for software fans, but not
> for people who needs an efficient freeware application. Linux has little to
> say in graphics arts, and it seems there is no much intetion to change it. I
> would like to say my clients they can use Gimp as productively as they use
> photoshop, but when somebody tellme about color managemetn... eh... no, boy,
> best do it in photoshop, when a client ask for 16 bits graphic production in
> Linux... no, best, do it in your Mac with photoshop.

You should take a look at CinePaint.  CinePaint is similar to the 
GIMP, but it supports deep images, and has already integrated lcms to 
do color managment.

The project page is at "http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/".

Bob
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