Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP's ICM simulation must be improved as PhotoShop

[scl <scl gplus gmail com>]

On 23.09.12 at 09:28 a.m. ndummy001 yahoo co jp wrote:
> GIMP(win) has some color management features on settings dialog. But
> it's not enough( e.g. black point calibration )

I agree with you, that color management is a very important part to make 
GIMP a high-end photo manipulation application as written in the product 
vision. Many users and developers share that opinion. You could for 
instance read the postings of Elle Stone and Øyvind Kolås a.k.a. pippin 
to see the ongoing efforts on this topic. As you can see, the GIMP team 
takes this topic seriously.

The settings dialog is not the only part where you find color management 
in GIMP. Have you already looked at the Image/Mode/Assign Color 
Profile... and Image/Mode/Convert to Color Profile... menu items? 
Particularly the latter contains the desired black point compensation.
Also check View/Display Filters..., move there the 'Color proof' filter 
to the right list and click it. It give you a proof view of the image 
and its options also contain Black point compensation.

> Developers must implement these if you all truly thinking that GIMP is
> important.

I think it's a mistake to judge from one part to the whole. At least 16K 
users only at Google+ don't share your opinion (to say it with Alexandre 
;-) and not all GIMP users are on G+.

Kind regards,

Sven