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Sobotka: Why GIMP is inadequate

Sobotka: Why GIMP is inadequate

Posted Jan 12, 2011 11:21 UTC (Wed) by nye (guest, #51576)
In reply to: Sobotka: Why GIMP is inadequate by drag
Parent article: Sobotka: Why GIMP is inadequate

>People hating the 8-bit limit has little to do with displaying colors on your monitor, unless they are just parroting. The 8-bit limit comes into play when it comes to _processing_ your images.

Indeed. To be clear, I was addressing the complaint that the article should have more convincingly shown the problem, which struck me as unfair.


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