https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=maxoverpowerHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:35:05 +0000Gainmaps only take a lot of space if implemented poorly in the software creating the gainmap. On Pixel phones they take up 2% of the image size, by being stored in quarter resolution and scaling back up during decoding, which works fine on all gainmap-supported devices. They're more prone to banding, but it's definitely not a problem with all images.

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