Since Doug is not presenting both points of view, I am sorry I think I have to responsd in line.
On a ‘lot of history’ – this conversation was never concluded and we ran out of time (which is why the CLF 2.0 spec was never finished and is listed as DRAFT)
Yes, matrix allows scale and offset, but it doesn’t allow extraction of a portion of a float range
and only work on that range. (the RANGE node is for that purpose and it still works. It is the implicit clamping at one end that is the problem – the workaround is to always use all 4 metadata items but the spec should not allow an implicit operation that causes the math to go off.
Again my objection was to the implicit one-side clamping, not about the presence of clamping.
on point #6 and this previous sentence, another solution is to make explicit the clamping behavior
ClampHi, ClampLo when needed. Adding another node with a different behavior is also an understandable approach but it needs to get back to the original intent on handling the full float range (not assuming float=1.0 scale) I propose deleting the objectionable text in this thread. The focus should be on that issue not the general existing of clamping – and no it is not a naming disagreement, it is about the fundamental math.
There should be a note about use of the matrix 3x4 node to scale and offset floats in an unclamped fashion. I agree that Clamping is essential.
I am sorry to say I may not be available until late in the call and request that this discussion
be deferred until I can join.
Thanks,
Jim