Re: Endless gamma in eXIf 2017-0119
"Soni L." <[email protected]>
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On 06/02/17 05:17 PM, Glenn Randers-Pehrson wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Soni L. <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 > > Require that all eXIf chunks include the string "NOT FOR USE AS IMAGE METADATA" as a prefix? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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