Detail of the Magdalen Reading, by Rogier van der Weyden, viewed with vips/ip

This image is 150 MBytes and each pel is stored as a colorimetric value (CIELab) which is more accurate than conventional film. The ip viewer allows huge images to be viewed with panning etc, while only reading the areas required for the display. It also converts the Lab values to RGB for the monitor.


Image Copyright 1995 The National Gallery

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