[Openicc] 2008 Google SoC preparations

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Dear Ann,

what would ICC expect from joining the sessions?
Are there already according papers online to follow the discussions?

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- 
developing for colour management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org


Am 03.03.08, 11:28 -0500 schrieb almccart at lexmark.com:
> Dear Kai-Uwe and all,
> 
> At the ICC meeting just completed in Munich we initiated a new WG 
> (Automated Workflow WG) to focus on getting automated color management 
> working for the average office and home user.
> This is an even greater issue now than in the past because cameras and 
> displays are moving away from the sRGB default. We expect this work will 
> result in specifications beyond the ICC profile.
> 
> The ICC now has a WG level of membership available for individuals.  Would 
> someone from the OpenICC community like to join this work?
> We are going to have some serious discussions with Apple and Microsoft on 
> this topic.  It seems sensible to have the open source community included 
> as well.
> 
> The next ICC meeting (June in Japan) will include a special session on 
> this topic - to be attended by special guests from the Japan printer 
> manufacturer community.
> 
> Best regards,
> Ann McCarthy
> Lexmark CPD
> Imaging Systems Engineering
> 
> "Problems can never be solved by using the same pattern of thought which 
> created them." - Einstein 
 
 
> Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> 
> Here come some project ideas. Please comment if you feel appropriate.
> 
> Printing and Devices:
> o implement a generic device settings to colorimetry layer
>   o do a sample implementation in Gutenprint/libopenraw ...
>   (Kai-Uwe, Robert?, Hubert? ...)
> o Makes it sense to design and implement a printer
>   calibration/linearisation gui?
>   (Graeme, Hal, Robert)
> 
> Collaboration:
> o generic toolkit independent Gui
>   design and implement a minimalistic widget set, which allows easy 
>   implementation, exchange and processing. (PPD, XForms ...)
>   Goal is a new base for various plug-in GUI API's.
>   (Kai-Uwe, ...)
> 
> Accelleration:
> o old candidate lcms in floats
> o GPU computations
> 
> Colour management framework:
> o tonemapping integration and plug-ins in Oyranos
> o basic ICC spec implementation, profile tag parsing and writing
> o colour data analysis and widgets (ICC Examin modularisation)
> o extending the colour conversion framework (monitor mapping, 
>   pixel buffer type conversions and optimisation ...)
>   (Kai-Uwe, ...)
> 
> ... more ideas and mentors here ...