Re: [css3-images] July F2F minutes comment regarding SVG and non-opaque colors

On Monday 2011-08-22 07:45 -0700, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au> wrote:
> > Brian Manthos:
> >> I have no idea what post-multiplied means in the context of colors.  :(
> >
> > Unpremultiplied, presumably.
> 
> Yes, it means non-premultiplied.  It just feels unnatural to
> constantly refer it as "un-pre"; "post" is a more natural opposite of
> "pre".  ^_^

"pre" in this context really means "have already been" rather than
"before", so it really doesn't seem at all natural, and it's not
common terminology.

-David

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