12 years of incubating Wayland color management (www.collabora.com)
from that_leaflet@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 24 Feb 2025 21:47
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atzanteol@sh.itjust.works on 25 Feb 2025 05:31 collapse

The color-management Wayland extension is enough for entertainment purposes like games and movies. However, it is not enough for professional color management needs including photo editing and print preview.

12 years…

semperverus@lemmy.world on 25 Feb 2025 06:12 next collapse

frog_protocols already pulling their weight in gold it seems like.

that_leaflet@lemmy.world on 25 Feb 2025 12:19 collapse

The frog color management protocol is based on the upstream protocol. They used an experimental version to bring the feature to Steam Deck faster.

Though Frog did do a good job with pushing FIFO forward.

semperverus@lemmy.world on 25 Feb 2025 16:36 collapse

I meant more the un-clogging of getting protocols improved in upstream

FalseDiamond@sh.itjust.works on 25 Feb 2025 06:40 collapse

And still not at X11’s level. I daily Wayland, but this is extremely disappointing as a photo editor.

LeFantome@programming.dev on 25 Feb 2025 07:13 next collapse

Wayland can never hope to achieve the level of HDR support that X11 enjoys.

domi@lemmy.secnd.me on 25 Feb 2025 08:22 collapse

What? X11 has zero HDR support.

LeFantome@programming.dev on 25 Feb 2025 17:33 collapse

Whoosh

LeFantome@programming.dev on 25 Feb 2025 07:22 collapse

More serious and real question, does X11 support actually measuring and calibrating colour? I know you can apply ICC profiles but I was under the impression that the actual calibration tools were usually used under macOS or Windows with profiles exported to Linux.

Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de on 28 Feb 01:45 collapse

does X11 support actually measuring and calibrating colour?

To the same level that Wayland does - it doesn’t actively do anything for or against it. There are tools that happen to be built for X11, and which you can also use on Wayland (with a very small amount of additional manual steps vs. how it works on X11)