Gamma correct rendering with Wayland and Weston

[Bill Spitzak]

On 09/29/2012 01:28 AM, John Kåre Alsaker wrote:

> You seemed to have gotten the impression that I suggested we blend
> each surface in either sRGB or linear depending on it's encoding.
> That's not what I was suggesting. The compositor won't pick it's
> blending gamma space per surface. It's either completely linear or
> sRGB. So all clients with the same alpha values (and colors) will look
> equal independent of their gamma encoding. We should probably expose
> the blending gamma space, so clients have a chance to adjust their
> translucent parts, even if most of them will ignore it.

Actually what you say is EXACTLY what I was suggesting.

If all the clients have identical-looking shadows, it is because they 
all wrote the same numerical values to their images in the shadow area. 
Even if they use different compositing rules for the opaque regions.