Re: [Gimp-developer] Overlay Mode - fix.

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 11/14/2012 07:00 PM, Guillermo Espertino (Gez) wrote:
> After thinking about it for a moment, I can't imagine a better way to 
> address this problem other than adding a special "mode" that makes all 
> blends non-linear, but considering the need of a web-safe workflow, it 
> probably shouldn't be named "legacy", but something more accurate like 
> "Allow blending in non-linear space"
>
> And if it's possible, only when that switch is selected, then show the 
> alternative "old overlay", which only makes sense for legacy.

Use legacy mode when the image is iprocessed in 8-bit? (which could be 
on e of the technical reasons for the non-linear  blending anyway)