Talk:Bitmap
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[edit] New fork from BMP file format
This fork is about the generic bitmap concept, organization thereof, file formats for, etc.
The BMP file format article is the moved version of what was briefly at bitmap, now partially restored to its former narrow focus on that file format.
The raster graphics article overlaps this one a lot. I think it should expand to give an overview of raster computer graphics techniques such as line-drawing and 3D rendering, while the present article focuses on low-level organization and storage of bitmaps, and maybe a bit on bitmaps in displays and printers.
Speak up if you have a better idea... Dicklyon 19:04, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] relation to Image file formats
Should some of the information in Image file formats perhaps be merged into here (or vice versa)? --jacobolus (t) 02:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Like which parts? I'm unclear what you have in mind. This is article is not about file formats, and the one on file formats is mostly about formats for recording these things. Seems to me that things are split up about right, but I'm listening for better ideas. Dicklyon 03:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- WP:SOFIXIT --Kubanczyk 07:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
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- Yeah, I don't know… that's why I asked. I don't think they're badly split up necessarily. Just the lead section lists off some formats, which might suggest they'll be described in the article, but as I said, I really don't know. I suppose it depends a bit on how deep/technical this article becomes. At some point it might be nice to use some of those formats as examples of different bit packing schemes. --jacobolus (t) 12:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
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- If it was a question, my answer is: this bitmap article should not be merged with any "file format", because subject is different. Also, do not duplicate information too much in overlapping articles. It makes some people crazy. Here, essence is a dictionary definition + disambiguation. "Storing pixels in such-and-such array of bytes" is not a rocket science, right? --Kubanczyk 13:16, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
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A completely unrelated point: should it be mentioned that bitmaps can also be stored using floats or doubles per-channel per-pixel? OS X 10.4 for instance has some nifty APIs for dealing with floating point bitmaps, and I'm not really sure, but I think some graphics hardware might also use floating point bitmaps (mb one of you know?). --jacobolus (t) 12:25, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
- WP:SOFIXIT again :) It does not matter if me and you don't know much about floating point bitmaps. Mention it and provide a reliable source, why not? It will catch an eye of a future visitor who will explain/expand/remove. This visitor will not come to this talk page. --Kubanczyk 13:16, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
