<s>
The	O
Generic	O
Graphics	O
Library	B-Library
(	O
GEGL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
programming	B-Library
library	I-Library
under	O
development	O
for	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
mainly	O
developed	O
for	O
GIMP	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
higher	O
bit	O
depth	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
non-destructive	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
partially	O
implemented	O
in	O
GIMP	B-Application
2.6	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
added	O
in	O
2.8	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
a	O
central	O
part	O
in	O
2.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
GNOME	B-Application
's	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
babl	O
,	O
a	O
support	O
library	B-Library
for	O
GEGL	O
,	O
provides	O
a	O
generic	O
way	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
color-space	B-Algorithm
conversions	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
babl	O
,	O
GEGL	O
provides	O
an	O
optimized	O
and	O
powerful	O
(	O
optionally	O
with	O
SIMD	B-Device
support	O
)	O
treatment	O
of	O
arbitrary	O
color	O
data	O
;	O
this	O
enables	O
dependent	O
applications	O
to	O
efficiently	O
support	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
color	B-Algorithm
spaces	I-Algorithm
(	O
from	O
8-bit	O
RGB	O
to	O
full	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
CMYK	O
)	O
with	O
minimal	O
extra	O
application	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenRaster	O
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
format	O
used	O
for	O
saving	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
GEGL	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
GIMP	B-Application
core	O
replacement	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Rhythm	O
&	O
Hues	O
software	O
engineers	O
,	O
finally	O
in	O
2006	O
the	O
external	O
API	B-Application
was	O
deemed	O
stable	O
enough	O
and	O
capable	O
of	O
replacing	O
the	B-Application
GIMP	I-Application
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
20	O
December	O
2007	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
version	O
of	O
GIMP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
GIMP	B-Application
's	O
tools	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
converted	O
to	O
GEGL	O
operations	O
;	O
mostly	O
tools	O
which	O
modify	O
colors	O
,	O
brightness	O
or	O
contrast	O
have	O
been	O
converted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.2.0	O
is	O
Part	O
of	O
Gimp	B-Application
2.8.xy	O
and	O
Series	O
0.3.xy	O
is	O
Part	O
of	O
2.9.x	O
and	O
in	O
2.10.0	O
Release	O
Candidates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
0.4.0	O
is	O
first	O
Version	O
for	O
Version	O
2.10.0	O
of	O
Gimp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actual	O
Version	O
0.4.xy	O
is	O
also	O
base	O
of	O
development	O
Version	O
2.99.x	O
for	O
stable	O
3.0	O
series	O
of	O
Gimp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
unstable	O
2.9.x	O
series	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
GIMP	B-Application
's	O
core	O
relies	O
on	O
GEGL	O
,	O
and	O
almost	O
half	O
of	O
filters	O
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
GEGL	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
found	O
life	O
as	O
an	O
easter	O
egg	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktops	I-Application
.	O
</s>
