Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 26, 2004 04:52 AM
Without proper 16bit support, the Gimp is a toy (in terms of professional use).
Yes, yes, we have heard that TheGimp project awaits that other library project Gimp uses to add 16bit support and then Gimp will get support for it (in Gimp 3.0, in years from now), but this is completely beside the point. The point is that TheGimp SHOULD have had 16bit per channel support on 2.0 already. We are not in 1995 anymore.
As a home app to do a few web graphics or some home image manipulation, the Gimp is ok. But as a pro or pro-sumer digital photographer, Gimp is a *no go*.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 26, 2004 04:52 AMYes, yes, we have heard that TheGimp project awaits that other library project Gimp uses to add 16bit support and then Gimp will get support for it (in Gimp 3.0, in years from now), but this is completely beside the point. The point is that TheGimp SHOULD have had 16bit per channel support on 2.0 already. We are not in 1995 anymore.
As a home app to do a few web graphics or some home image manipulation, the Gimp is ok. But as a pro or pro-sumer digital photographer, Gimp is a *no go*.
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