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Re: ColorSync calculator



> I'm very pleased with this extension of the ColorSync Utility. One problem I
> have, though, is with the number's format? It seems someone at Apple, in
> their infinite wisdom, has chosen a "normalized' (0 to 1) entry format over
> an absolute (0 to 255 for RGB, 0 to 100 for CMYK and so on) entry format.
> 
> Why? Any way to change that default behavior?

Probably in the interest of precision and some degree of laziness. ColorSync
itself expects colors to be defined as a struct of 16-bit integers:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/ColorSync
_Manager/colorsync_mgr_ref/chapter_1.5_section_107.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_re
f/CMRGBColor

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/ColorSync
_Manager/colorsync_mgr_ref/chapter_1.5_section_19.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref
/CMCMYKColor


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