Re: [Gimp-user] 16-bit - why the long delay?

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 07/05/2010 12:23 PM, Claus Cyrny wrote: > Hi all, > > after this has first been announced, I think, in 2002 (!), > I wonder why 16-bit/channel has still not been implemented. > Two years ago (or something like this) I read that 16-bit > would be available in 2.6, but now someone stated that it >

Re: [Gimp-user] 16-bit - why the long delay?

2010-07-05 Thread Branko Vukelic
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Claus Cyrny wrote: > Ubuntu) have much better anti-aliasing. I really enjoy working with > the Gimp (currently 2.6.8), but especially 16-bit is really long overdue. It's overdue, but that won't make it happen any sooner. Let's just wait it out. Meanwhile, Krita an

Re: [Gimp-user] 16-bit - why the long delay?

2010-07-05 Thread Donncha O Caoimh
Claus - they're all waiting for you to offer to help code it. It's open source. If there's a feature you'd really like to see, contribute code or hire someone who can help. It's as simple as that. Donncha On 05/07/10 11:23, Claus Cyrny wrote: > Hi all, > > after this has first been announced, I

Re: [Gimp-user] 16-bit - why the long delay?

2010-07-05 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Claus Cyrny wrote: > Hi all, > > after this has first been announced, I think, in 2002 (!), > I wonder why 16-bit/channel has still not been implemented. Because noone did it. Noone did it, because it's a lot of work. It's a lot of work, because GIMP is huge and GEG

[Gimp-user] 16-bit - why the long delay?

2010-07-05 Thread Claus Cyrny
Hi all, after this has first been announced, I think, in 2002 (!), I wonder why 16-bit/channel has still not been implemented. Two years ago (or something like this) I read that 16-bit would be available in 2.6, but now someone stated that it would probably take a few more years (!). IMHO, 16-bit