[Digikam-users] Re: SRBG, Adobe RGB, What to use ?

[Patrick Op de Beeck]

Martin,

you speak of 16bit and Profoto or simular but is this available under 
GNU/LINUX ?

Since I like photgraphy, and I shoot also in 3D I am wondering how far you can 
get on a GNU/Linux system with the quality.

A lot of people are focused on the kernel and windowmanagers but in the 
applicationprogramming area we have still a lot to catch up.

I would like that for example digikam can also handle
3D photographs. I took several  3D photographs with my Lumix GH2  and saw it 
on a P50VT30 plasma television. I must say that the images are stunning and 
not compare to viewmasters 3D from the previous century. 
These 3D images are really good. And soon I think they will be as normal a a 
tv for us. It's one of those revolutions that will stay. (B/W TV, colour TV, 
Stereo, THX sound, Flatscreen TV and now  3D. The standard is recently fixed so 
there is no excuse anymore not to incorporate it.

Although I can imagine 'photoshopping' will be much more difficult ;-) 

Patrick

PS thanks for the good explication.

> unlikely for most "normal" users and many printing labs. There are
> some out there doing a consequent colour management. And there are
> some users using wide gamut displays and colour management. They can
> use AdobeRGB and they can see the benefits of if (if available). Not
> every picture needs a wider gamut.
> 
> A big disadvantage of AdobeRGB (and other colour spaces) with jpeg
> files is the limited range of available bits. For standard jpeg you
> have 8 bits per colour channel (RGB). The wider your gamut the bigger
> the steps between two values.

> Or you can be sure the photo lab uses colour management.
> 
> Martin