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From: "Joe Longo" <joel@flashpnt.com>
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Subject: CIE  L*a*b* color
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 08:09:16 -0700
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The library has a TIFFTAG_PHOTOMETRIC value for CIE  L*a*b* color,

#define	    PHOTOMETRIC_CIELAB		8	/* !1976 CIE L*a*b* */

but no code for color conversion (to RGB in particular)
Has anyone used this?
I'm wishing for a simple conversion of the 3 bytes of  L*a*b* to RGB?

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