Re: [Gimp-developer] Documentation on color spaces

[scl <scl gplus gmail com>]

On  09.10.2013 at 03:20 P.M., Elle Stone wrote:

> The topic of Documentation came up recently. It occurred to me that
> existing and future Gimp developers might find documentation on color
> spaces and ICC profiles helpful. So I wrote up a "Completely Painless
> Programmer's Guide to XYZ, RGB, ICC, xyY, and TRCs", which is posted
> on my website at http://ninedegreesbelow.com/temp/xyz-rgb.html.

Indeed, it's very useful. It might surely take me some time to work
through it, but thank you very much for your efforts to share your
knowledge!

> If there's an interest, I'll put together Part 2, which would cover:
>
> * CieLAB (how it relates to XYZ and why it's useful for image editing)
> * CMY(K) (how it relates to RGB and XYZ)
> * YCbCr, YUV, HSL, and HSV  (how these derivative color spaces are
> connected to their parent RGB color space)
> * LCMS2 (how it links working space profiles with monitor, camera, and
> printer profiles)

Yes, there is interest in it (at least from me).

Kind regards,

Sven