[Gimp-user] Once opened in Gimp_Ubuntu never to open again

[Carusoswi <forums gimpusers com>]

Wish there was an edit function here.
Should have typed "linear or Gamma, 16, 32, or 64 bits".
Sorry.

> So, I uninstalled gimp 2.9 and reinstalled it.  That seems to have
> solved the problem.
> Do not understand what caused the problem, but really am not that
> interested to know why.
> I will say this:  Having a version of Gimp (albeit a somewhat slow
> version) that can deal with higher bit images is a pleasure.  It's not
> that I am so mindful (mentally or visually) of the visual benefits,
> but I shoot in RAW, use any of the several RAW converters to convert
> to TIF (or, in the case of my film images, scan them to 16-bit tifs).
>
> Being able to open them in Gimp without converting to 8-bits just
> feels so much better.
>
> One issue that stumps me:  re precision, should I use linear or gammp,
> 15, 32, or 64 bits?  Curious as to what you recommend.
>
> Otherwise, enjoying my 2.9 experience.
>
> Thanks for any tips.
>
> Caruso

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