[Openicc] [ANNOUNCE] Compicc 0.8.3

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 30.11.10, 22:27 +1100 schrieb Graeme Gill:
> Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
>> Exactly. But is not this kind of hardware going nearly completely away?
>> I mean most computer to monitor paths are D/D.
>
> I would not assume so. Display port makes > 8 bit/component paths more
> common again, and potentially the VCGT might be sent to the monitors
> internal 1D LUTs, which are typically much better than 8 bits.

VCGT has no advantage with DP and > 8 bit/component. 
Putting VCGT into the monitors LUTs would be great to come. But the 
one existing device I know of on Linux is extremly slow for that feature.

Still, for most users with traditional 8-bit per component paths VCGT 
means only: no software can render to the full available precission, e.g. 
180 instead of 255 levels of gray. So it increases just banding for no 
benefit compared to a situation without a colour server.


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