Farbfeld – A suckless image format

Re:Farbfeld – A suckless image format by mark4o on Thursday January 14, 2016 @10:46PM (#10907036)

If you're going to go with 16 bits per component, please at least increase the color gamut. sRGB is fine if you can only dedicate 8 bits per component, but with 16 bits per component the extra depth is more useful as an increase in the color space rather than only greater precision.

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Re:Farbfeld – A suckless image format by frign on Friday January 15, 2016 @10:41AM (#10909902)

I've investigated this topic for a while. I've been thinking about adding a mandated wide gamut color space. Even though the wide color spaces "destroy" accuracy in small gradients, it doesn't matter when using 16-Bit. And because farbfeld is 16 Bits, it would definitely be an option.

Care to hit me with a mail (you can find it at the bottom of the page) so I can write you in a more sensible way what I've been thinking. Maybe you can help me decide on which color space to use (Adobe RGB, ProPhoto RGB, ...).

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Re:Farbfeld – A suckless image format by mark4o on Friday January 15, 2016 @02:03AM (#10907713)

Existing image formats support color profiles, which allow use of colors beyond sRGB.

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