Re: Endless gamma in eXIf 2017-0119
Glenn Randers-Pehrson <[email protected]>
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On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Soni L. <[email protected]> wrote: > Here I thought eXIf was about preserving "original metadata", or more > specifically I thought it was "userdata" - data for the user (I'm > definitely using this term wrong, I know). > > Shouldn't eXIf be considered "sensor/camera data" and thus only useful for > ppl who know what they're doing, and not automatically mangled into the > image? Did I miss the messages where it was said otherwise? > > I consider it to be that, but as Pavel pointed out, others might grab the gamma or other colorspace info out of Exif and apply it to the image, despite whatever warnings we might put in the chunk spec. Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ png-mng-misc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-misc