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  Re: 16 bits grayscale PNG output  
From: Pabs
Date: 19 Mar 2001 22:46:36
Message: <3ab6d29c@news.povray.org>
Mark Gordon wrote:

> Actually, I've gotten the impression that the current Hollywood GIMP
> uses a 16-bit floating point format.  It sounds like GIMP 2.0 (long way
> off) will have full 16-bit support.
http://film.gimp.org/gimp.pdf says
"GEGL abstracts the color model and color depth (8-bit, 16-bit, 
float)..." and "[GIL] has been implemented for the case of ... and data 
types (float, 8bit, 16bit)"

More relevant is:
"The film version of GIMP supports both 16-bit and floating point 
channel data"


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