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On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:17:37 -0000 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm considering buying a new monitor (and graphics card) which supports |
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> 10 bits per color channel. |
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> Will Gimp on a Linux machine (X11) support this now or in the near future. |
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> Or is it just waste of money to buy a monitor with more than 8 bits/color channel? |
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> Many thanks for some hints, |
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> Helmut |
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Linux and Gentoo in particular supports 10 and 12 bits per channel. |
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But in order for this to work you need to have support from all |
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chain, both hardware and software: |
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application -> de/wm or rendering stack (gtk/qt) -> xorg (supports) |
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-> video driver (see below) -> video card -> cable(! ) -> monitor |
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You have not told us what is your video card, but at least Intel[1] |
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and nVidia[2] products support 10/12 bits in Linux. |
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Definitely not all application support deep colour (10/12 bpc), but |
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most multimedia oriented do: gimp, ffmpeg, mplayer, mpv... |
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You may encounter some problems with GTK apps, though the proof |
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links I found[3,4] are quite old and situation may have improved. |
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Also take a note that 10 bpc imposes some limitations on the screen |
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resolution depending on your connectivity[5]. |
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[1] https://communities.intel.com/thread/101627 |
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[2] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3050/~/how-to-enable-30-bit-color-on-linux |
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[3] http://www.oyranos.org/tag/30-bit/ |
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[4] http://darktable-users.narkive.com/ndONjycG/anyone-with-30-bit-color-depth |
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[5] http://bilder.hifi-forum.de/medium/262100/hdmi-20-597x266_609346.jpg |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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