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LegionMammal978 ◴[25 Jun 25 05:06 UTC] No.44373779[source]▶

Reading the linked blog post on the new cICP chunk type [0], it looks like the "proper HDR support" isn't something that you couldn't already do with an embedded ICC profile, but instead a much-abbreviated form of the colorspace information suitable for small image files.

[0] https://svgees.us/blog/cICP.html

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1. account42 ◴[26 Jun 25 10:15 UTC] No.44385910[source]▶

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Unfortunately that seems to mean that the backwards compatibility here is washed out preview instead of limited-to-sRGB.

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