Re: Using gamma 1.0 - addendum
Re: Using gamma 1.0 - addendum
- Subject: Re: Using gamma 1.0 - addendum
- From: Neil Okamoto <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT)
I just read Tom Lianza's post which was, naturally,
more eloquent than I could muster. Here's a few more
random thoughts:
(1) The film studios I mentioned both output to film
with 10 bits log-encoded, or 12 bit linear-encoded
data. So we don't consider the burden of carrying
extra precision to be wasted in the final result.
(2) The pure 12 bit linear workflow that I mentioned
was done with 10 bit DACs on the framebuffers;
otherwise no special processing was required on the
CRT display. Today, however, it's virtually impossible
to find high-performance 3D graphics cards with 10 bit
DACs.
n