[Digikam-devel] 16 bits / color/ pixels file formats to support in DImage

[Tom Albers]

Op donderdag 17 november 2005 08:50, schreef Gilles CAULIER:
> Hi all,
>
> Like i have already post in this room, i'm currently working hard on image
> editor core and new DImage framework based originally on Renchi
> implementation.
>
> Currently native file formats supported by DImage are :
>
> Format   Read   Write   ICC     MetaData   8bits    16bits    Remarks
>
> JPEG     Done   Done    TODO    Done       yes      N.A       Metadata are
> EXIF/IPTC/APP13
> PNG      Done   Done    TODO    Done       yes      yes       Metadata are
> Embedded text
> TIFF     Done   TODO    TODO    TODO       yes      yes       Metadata are
> IPTC PPM      TODO   TODO    N.A     TODO       yes      yes       Metadata
> are Embedded text
> RAW      Done   N.A     TODO    N.A        yes      yes       RAW file
> formats supported by dcraw program
>
> Note : others file formats are supported only in 8 bits/color/pixel using
> QImage/kimgio.
> QT3.x + KDE 3.4.x support these formats :
>
> Format   Read       Write      Remarks
>
> PSD      yes        no         Photoshop file format
> JP2      yes        yes        JPEG 2000
> EXR      yes        no
> XCF      yes        no
> PBM      yes        yes
> PGM      yes        yes
> PPM      no         yes
> TGA      yes        yes
> PCX      yes        yes
> BMP      yes        yes
> RGB      yes        yes
> XBM      yes        yes
> XPM      yes        yes
> EPS      yes        yes
> DDS      yes        no
> ICO      yes        no
> MNG      yes        no
> GIF      yes        no
>
> Image editor core have been ported completly to DImage and work fine.
>
> Common image file format used by _PHOTOGRAPHERS_ today are :
>
> 1/ JPEG
> 2/ TIFF
> 3/ RAW
> 4/ PNG
> 5/ PPM
>
> My question is about other possible image file formats used by PHOTOGRAPHS
> supported by DImage in native , especially in 16 bits/color/pixels. We are
> :
>
> - EXR : read/Write implementation is possible in 8/16 bits  (backport from
> kimgio)
> - PSD : Photoshop file format read only implementation is possible in 8/16
> bits (backport from kimgio)
> - PCD : PhotoCd : read only implementation is possible in 8/16 bits
> (backport from Imagemagick)
> - KRA : Krita image file format.
>
> I have forget any important image formats here ?

I'm not into this area, maybe Thorsten likes to comment here?

Toma
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