[gimp-help] Small update in concepts
- From: Julien Hardlin <jhardlin src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help] Small update in concepts
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:31:57 +0000 (UTC)
commit c125a38bc59749a9283a8839754439d9b478923c
Author: Julien Hardelin <jhardlin orange fr>
Date: Mon Apr 13 07:31:18 2020 +0200
Small update in concepts
images/C/using/file-open-dialog.png | Bin 20634 -> 88928 bytes
src/concepts/image-types.xml | 22 +++++++---------------
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/images/C/using/file-open-dialog.png b/images/C/using/file-open-dialog.png
index bb05be55d..ea4ce3b71 100644
Binary files a/images/C/using/file-open-dialog.png and b/images/C/using/file-open-dialog.png differ
diff --git a/src/concepts/image-types.xml b/src/concepts/image-types.xml
index 063bd69a5..06f5dd0e8 100644
--- a/src/concepts/image-types.xml
+++ b/src/concepts/image-types.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- section history
- 2009-02-19 j.h:revised for v2.6. No change
- 2007-03-26 reviewed Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-08-28 added norwegian translation by KoSt
- 2006-05-02 added Korean translation by Dust
- 2005-12-18 reviewed and added rewrote de image explenation by lexa
+ 2020-04-12 Update to 2.10.18
-->
<sect1 id="gimp-concepts-image-types">
<title>Image Types</title>
@@ -121,15 +117,10 @@
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
- In <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, every color channel, including the alpha
- channel, has a range
- of possible values from 0 to 255; in computing terminology, a depth of 8
- bits. Some digital cameras can produce image files with a depth of 16
- bits per color channel. <acronym>GIMP</acronym> cannot load such a file
- without losing
- resolution. In most cases the effects are too subtle to be detected by
- the human eye, but in some cases, mainly where there are large areas
- with slowly varying color gradients, the difference may be perceptible.
+ In <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, in every color channel, including the alpha
+ channel, possible values have a range depending on the image precision:
+ 0 to 255 for a color depth of 8 bits. <acronym>GIMP</acronym> can now load
+ 16 and 32 bits images, and this range can be much larger.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Example of an image with alpha channel</title>
@@ -186,7 +177,8 @@
<para>
The third type, <emphasis>indexed</emphasis>
images, is a bit more complicated to understand. In an indexed image,
- only a limited set of discrete colors are used, usually 256 or less.
+ only a limited set of discrete colors are used, usually 256 or less (so,
+ this indexed mode can be applied only to images with 8 bits precision).
These colors form the <quote>colormap</quote> of the image, and each
point in the image is assigned a color from the colormap. Indexed images
have the advantage that they can be represented inside a computer in a
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