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helmut wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:22 pm XnView 0.96:

Some more:

helmut wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:29 pm XnView MP 0.96.1:
Curves... (dialog title) -->
Curves Note: No ellipsis in dialog title.

BTW: Is "Curves" really meaningful? To me "Curves" is the way you control RGB and Brilliance. So I think it should rather say something like "RGB/Brilliance" or similar? Other opinions?

cday wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:23 am... 'Curves' is the usual term in image editing software, I believe, and provides more control than the [equally unmeaningful...] 'Levels' function

helmut wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:29 pm Curves... (dialog title) -->
Curves Note: No elipsis in dialog title.

A: "Saving many tabs may noticeably slow reopening XnView MP"

B: "Your previous session contains many loaded images, this can cause a slowdown!"

xnview wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:28 am

A: "Saving many tabs may noticeably slow reopening XnView MP"

When asking about saving session at exiting

B: "Your previous session contains many loaded images, this can cause a slowdown!"

At startup

xnview wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:28 am

helmut wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:29 pm Curves... (dialog title) -->
Curves Note: No elipsis in dialog title.

There is no elipsis already

        <message>
        <location filename="DlgCurves.h" line="41"/>
        <source>Curves...</source>
        <translatorcomment>Dialog Title</translatorcomment>
        <translation>Kurven (RGB/Brillianz)</translation>
    </message>

xnview wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:28 am

A: "Saving many tabs may noticeably slow reopening XnView MP"

When asking about saving session at exiting

B: "Your previous session contains many loaded images, this can cause a slowdown!"

At startup

helmut wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:51 pm Thank you for your answer, Pierre. Could you please be a bit more precise? Are these messages displayed always (i.e. when you have one or more tabs/images opened) or only if a specific number or more tabs/images are opened? Why is the term "tab" used in message A and the term "images" in message B?

XnTriq wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:30 am

helmut wrote:

helmut wrote:"Curves" -->
"Curves"

Hmm, perhaps I'm out of the graphic business for too long. When speaking of curves I'd rather think of splines than RGB or brilliance curves. Perhaps something like "Curves (RGB & Brilliance)" would make things a bit clearer? But I don't mind keeping "Curves".

• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Tutorials: Adjustments with the Tone Curve
• The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: Lightroom vs. Photoshop curves

If we have to deviate from the standard terminology, “Tone curves” would be my choice. “Curves (Luma & RGB)...” and “Levels (Luma & RGB)...” seem really odd to me.

XnTriq wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:15 am Please, guys, we've been there before: The (tone) curves tool is used to adjust the tonality.

xnview wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:47 amA is displayed when you more than 1 tabs at exit, and B is displayed when you have more than 7 tabs/images. if use 'tab' in A because we can see them, and 'image' at opening is better.

helmut wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:26 pmOops, right. Thank you, XnTriq, for pointing us to this old discussion. And conclusion was/is: No change. Right?

https://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=433334&seqNum=3 wrote:Correcting Tone and Contrast with Curves

If you're using Photoshop 7, CS, or CS2, then you have access to Curves, another type of tone and contrast correction tool. Curves allows you to do the same thing as Levels – brighten and darken the pixel values of your image – but it uses a very different interface.

https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-curves.html wrote:The Curves tool is the most sophisticated tool for changing the color, brightness, contrast or transparency of the active layer or a selection. While the Levels tool allows you to work on Shadows and Highlights, the Curves tool allows you to work on any tonal range. It works on RGB images.

https://books.google.com/books?id=O9V7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=brilliance+brilliant wrote:Saturation & Intensity

A color's saturation, also called its “intensity” or “chroma,” refers to its level of brilliance or dullness. A highly saturated color is very vibrant.

https://www.drawpaintacademy.com/color-saturation/ wrote:Saturation Versus Chroma

The term saturation is often used interchangeably with the term chroma. They broadly mean the same thing, however, it is important to understand the subtle difference between the two terms.

Saturation is a relative term. It describes a color's brilliance in relation to pure gray.

Chroma, on the other hand, is an absolute term that can be measured on a scale. In the Munsell Color System, each color has been designated a chroma rank, from 0 for gray to 12+ for vivid colors.

If you were being particular, then chroma is more appropriate than saturation for comparing the brilliance of two different colors. But practically speaking, your use of saturation or chroma will not influence your painting. Personally, I only use the term saturation to describe a color's brilliance and avoid the use of chroma to keep things simple.

https://www.munsell.com/color-blog/color-theory-drawing-value/ wrote:Chroma and Layering

Chroma means the highest saturation or brilliance of a color. In a Munsell scale chroma ranges from 0 to 16, where 0 is a neutral gray and 16 is the most pure, saturated color.