Digital BW, The Print

Hi Derek,

It clearly IS a raw format, no doubt...I have no problem with that, but for
Microsoft to claim they are "providing native support" for something that is
merely the same unprocessed pixel depth as, say, our raw scanner files,
seems a bit silly to me.  Seems more like hype than substance anyway.

What can he possibly mean by "support"?  The raw image data still needs the
setpoints set, and the tonal curves applied (PRNU)...and if wanted,
sharpening.  That seems more like an image processing program issue than an
OS issue, doesn't it?  What could one use the raw data for, without applying
the setpoints and curves etc.?

Regards,

Austin

> Er it isn't foolish if the sensor delivers more than 8 bits per colour as
> then a non-24 bit colour format will be needed like 36-bit TIFF,
> and it would
> be perfectly logical to call it a raw format even if it isn't Beyer data.
>
>
> On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 1:55 pm, Austin Franklin wrote:
> > > Gates publicly endorsed the new
> > > technology, saying Microsoft is working with Foveon to provide native
> > > support for X3 raw images from within the Windows XP operating system.
> >
> > What the hell does that mean?  How are X3 "RAW IMAGES" any
> different than
> > any other images?  I thought that WAS the point with this
> sensor, that the
> > data was in standard 3 color pixel format, and required no "support"?
> >
> > That is an unbelievably foolish statement, and is entirely laughable.  I
> > can only guess he bought stock in the company, and had to come up with
> > something to say...and that's the best he could do.
> >
> > Austin