Michael, michael Dorrian wrote: > The fact that it can change the image > without embedding the icc profile in the image could be very useful > to me as the output image can be displayed in many more image viewers > than embedded information.
A similar need arises when looking at it from the point of view of these 'many more image viewers'. Many people, like myself and I guess for example Bob with GraphicsMagick (right, Bob?), first group a few decoders, next find themselves in need of color handling and image editing handling, and group a few encoders in the package, and end up with such an image viewer/browser/editor/converter. Next, the need arises to improve the decoding of files with embedded ICC profiles. It is not desirable to rewrite the whole of the color handling stuff in such case, since the thing works exactly as the designer intended, already. Instead, the goal is then to include a sortoff de-ICC process in the decoding branch, such that the code is able to fully support the embedded ICC profile, but the existing color handling stuff receives only things it already knows about, without profile, like typically preferably sRGB or XYZ. I'm sure I'm boring Marti here with something that is probably dealt with very clearly in LCMS, or in some FAQ somewhere, and I should possibly not post this since I've not yet had the time to investigate LCMS and its documentation. So, 'RTFM' may be the proper answer to my post, and if so I appologise. However, I thought this need is common enough to mention in this context, and I've not seen this same point of view and goal elaborated upon in this mailing list since I subscribed some time ago, so I thought perhaps it might be useful to bring this up. I guess my point is that beside the full ICC color management process (input image with profile -> internal image handling with profiles -> image output with profile), there is also a need for the 'first half of color management' (input image with profile -> internal image with common fixed profile-free color space like sRGB or XYZ), and possibly the 'second half' which may be much more easy (simply adding an embedded sRGB profile or such during the encoding process may be appropriate). Joris Van Damme [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.awaresystems.be/ Download your free TIFF tag viewer for windows here: http://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/astifftagviewer.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
