Not real clear in the release notes: http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4.html
Of course if you are primarily interested in web images 16 bit (usually 10 or 12 bits per pixel + padding actually) does not make a lot of difference. The price (free) is certainly right. Scott Loveless wrote: > Doug Franklin wrote: >> For those of you using Linux, or interested in an alternative to >> Photoshop, version 2.4 of The Gimp was announced today. >> >> It finally added support for 16-bit color (48 bits per pixel) and color >> management. Those were two of the main problems with using it for >> digital photography. >> > FWIW, the GIMP still does not support 16 bit color management. You can > work with 16 and 32 bit bmp images, and there is rudimentary color > management. But you can't have both just yet. > http://www.cinepaint.org/ might be a better option at this point, though > it's really intended for video. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
