On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Marko Cebokli <s57uuu@???> wrote: > Hello,
>
> I have added a bunch of table based functions for fast char/float/char
> conversion, which can also simultaneosly do almost arbitrary gama->linear and
> back conversions.
>
> I plan to change the existing plugins which work with float, to use these
> functions, and of course use them in future plugins.
>
> This way, we can have liear color space processing, which was discussed here
> recently, not only at zero cost, but even with some speed gain, as I have
> found that these functions are faster than the usual
>
> out[i].r=f1*(float)*cin++;
> and
> *cout++=(uint8_t)(in[i].r*255.0);
>
> The new float to char conversion can also take ANY floating value as input and
> return a valid 0...255, thus removing the need for [0...1] range checking in
> the float domain, making further speed improvements possible.
>
> Marko Cebokli
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