Amaroq Dricaldari Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) I have the latest version of Paint.NET, which is supposed to automatically run in 64-bit mode if you have a 64-bit Windows installation and 64-bit capable hardware, which I checked time and time again to make sure that I have... And I still have no idea how to generate a Deep Color image file. I know that my computer monitor can't even reach the full 8-bit per-[color-channel-per-]pixel gamut, but I still want to know for the future once 10bpp HDR monitors become more widely available, or more importantly, more affordable. Edited January 29, 2016 by Amaroq Dricaldari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 How do I create 64-bit images? Buy Photoshop? Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Paint.NET runs in 64-bit mode, but that doesn't mean it makes 64-bit images. Those two terms mean very different things. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Dricaldari Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 Buy Photoshop? I am legitimately curious; Why would I want to buy overpriced, proprietary and inefficient software when I am on a forum for a completely different, free software that is continually being updated both by its creator and through third-party plugins? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I think BoltBait's point is that if you want support for 64-bit image editing, Photoshop is one of your few options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I am legitimately curious; Why would I want to buy overpriced, proprietary and inefficient software when I am on a forum for a completely different, free software that is continually being updated both by its creator and through third-party plugins? Because IT can do what you want and paint.net can't? Let me quote our esteemed leader, Rick Brewster* CMYK support, or 16-bits per pixel support -- Not gonna happen. If you really need good software for working with images for printing, or need to work at a professional level, then I must honestly point you towards Adobe Photoshop. This was the point I was trying to make. There are some things that paint.net simply isn't designed to do... this is one of those things. You asked for a solution; I offered one. I'm sorry it wasn't the solution you were hoping for. *from: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/2940-popular-feature-requests/ Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You're going to need specialized software and hardware for properly working with images like that. Special monitor, special graphics card (e.g. NVIDIA Quadro $$$$$$$$), operating system support, driver support, application support, etc. And I'm not going to add support for something so incredibly niche. It would be an interesting technical challenge, which certainly earns it points. It pushes the envelope, which also gets it points. But it wouldn't get any use, and so many other things are more important, so it just isn't able to swim to the top of the priority queue. Your principles aren't flawed, that's just the current reality of the situation. You're early to the buffet. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Dricaldari Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Special monitors are already here, and are in fact getting more affordable. Also, consumer-grade AMD graphics cards already support 10 bpp output (it is technically 10 bpcpp, or bits-per-channel-per-pixel), no multi-thousand-dollar professional cards required. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Now all they'll need is Photoshop and they can do 64-bit editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Gimp is on the way to 16 and 32 bit channels (means 64 and 128 bit pixels). You can already use a branch which supports it in the most important areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Special monitors are already here, and are in fact getting more affordable. Also, consumer-grade AMD graphics cards already support 10 bpp output (it is technically 10 bpcpp, or bits-per-channel-per-pixel), no multi-thousand-dollar professional cards required. Nobody's arguing that this isn't happening. Just that it's not happening yet. Your principles aren't flawed, that's just the current reality of the situation. You're early to the buffet. Besides, "Getting more affordable" doesn't mean "consumer-level", and it's a little unrealistic to expect that to bubble up to the top of a feature request list in a program that's (1) maintained by one person (2) as a side project. GIMP has a team, so it's a lot more likely there. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that Paint.NET isn't aiming to be an industry leader in feature parity with Photoshop, it's aiming to be a free image editor for the average PC user. So, to expand on BoltBait's answer: buy Photoshop, or wait several years for high-bitrate images to become standard. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHBonarius Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 It's several years later now. HDR is more widely available. Freeware HDR tools are now available. So, how the paint.net support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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