As Dave mentioned the newest Linux version does 16 bit, but you will probably have to wait a bit to get the windows version that does it. Probably a bit hard to find the Linux version yet as well as it was just announced. Check on them again in a couple of weeks to a month.
Brian Walters wrote: > I thought I'd give this a try again, so I downloaded and installed the > Windows version. > > It has colour management but not 16 bit colour support (maybe the Linux > version is different?). If I try to load a 16 bit tif, the program complains > and converts to 8 bit. > > Interestingly, if I load a Pentax PEF file via the UFRaw plugin, UF Raw > seemingly passes the converted file to the Gimp without any complaint about > it being 16 bit. But it converts to 8 bit anyway. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > Quoting Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> For those of you using Linux, or interested in an alternative to >> Photoshop, version 2.4 of The Gimp was announced today. >> >> It finally added support for 16-bit color (48 bits per pixel) and >> color >> management. Those were two of the main problems with using it for >> >> digital photography. >> >> It still has the same user interface, though. :-( >> >> I haven't downloaded it and tried it yet, I just read the change >> notes >> when I saw the announcement pop up. >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> DougF (KG4LMZ) >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
