[Gimp-user] Suggestion for opening raw images

[Rick Kline <rick kline ms>]

Hi,

Starting a new thread instead of getting this one lost in the last conversation.

Thanks for the suggestions, Liam and Guy. I was at least able to access the PDS (NASA’s Planetary Data 
System) .img image in GIMP 2.8.20 (!) by changing the image file type to .data.

Unfortunately, there’s no bit depth parameter available. How difficult would it be to provide that in the 
“Load Image From Raw Data” GUI? P’shop provides the following in their "Photoshop Raw Options" dialog:



If there was even just an option to choose 8-bit or 16-bit image depth, that’d be a big help.

Many thanks.

Rick Kline
Data Manager (ret.)
Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility, Cornell University

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