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Prior to CS, I did my initial major color / exposure corrections in 16 bit, of course without using adjustment layers since these were not available in
7.01 16 bit files. Then I would dump the file down to 8 bit for further
work.
Yesterday while working on a file, I started in 16 bit, and used adjustment layers to apply some significant curve moves to an image that needed major help. Very nice to be able to use several layers, click on and off, etc…. Then without flattening or merging those adjustment layers into the background, I dumped the file down to 8 bit. The adjustment layers remained in place.
Then I had the sudden realization that while I had used the new adjustment layer feature of 16 bit CS files, by not flattening or merging those layers into the background, I really hadn’t accomplished the goal of making those adjustments in 16 bit data since I had not merged the layers before dropping to 8 bit.
Can someone verify that this is correct?
David Madison
7.01 16 bit files. Then I would dump the file down to 8 bit for further
work.
Yesterday while working on a file, I started in 16 bit, and used adjustment layers to apply some significant curve moves to an image that needed major help. Very nice to be able to use several layers, click on and off, etc…. Then without flattening or merging those adjustment layers into the background, I dumped the file down to 8 bit. The adjustment layers remained in place.
Then I had the sudden realization that while I had used the new adjustment layer feature of 16 bit CS files, by not flattening or merging those layers into the background, I really hadn’t accomplished the goal of making those adjustments in 16 bit data since I had not merged the layers before dropping to 8 bit.
Can someone verify that this is correct?
David Madison
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