Hald clut identity operation creates color distortion in output

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Steps to reproduce

First, which version of ImageMagick am I using?

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$ convert --version
Version: ImageMagick 6.9.7-4 Q16 x86_64 20170114 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: © 1999-2017 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php
Features: Cipher DPC Modules OpenMP 
Delegates (built-in): bzlib djvu fftw fontconfig freetype jbig jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr ltdl lzma openexr pangocairo png tiff wmf x xml zlib

Generate a source image to which we will later apply a clut operation:

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$ convert -size 256x256 gradient:red1-green1 -colorspace RGB original.png

Generate a unity (i.e. identity) hald file:

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$ convert hald:16 hald16.png

Apply the identity hald file to the source image:

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$ convert original.png hald16.png -clut result.png

Expected result

result.png should look identical (or at least nearly so, allowing for rounding errors or interpolation) to original.png.

Actual result

result.png looks different to original.png. original.png has a smooth gradient from red to green. result.png looks like a psychedelic barcode: instead of a smooth gradient, it has bands of red, bands of green, and bands of black.

Is this a bug in that version of ImageMagick, or have I done something wrong?

[snibgo]

For a hald clut, you should use the "-hald-clut" operation, not "-clut". See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... #hald-clut

[modem_down]

For a hald clut, you should use the "-hald-clut" operation, not "-clut". See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/comma ... #hald-clut

Silly me. Thank you!

[fmw42]

Your ImageMagick version is ancient (at least 2 years old). Perhaps you should consider upgrading, also.