8 bit or 16 bit RGB?

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Claude_Saccaro
May 22, 2004
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Anyone has any info about 16 bit RGB? What’s the advantage of 16 bit vs 8 bit? I’ve seen nothing in the documentation about this.
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Buko
May 22, 2004
More data
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Buko
May 22, 2004
but you need to sart with 16bit data

coverting 8 bit to 16 bit will just give you twice as much 8 bit data
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g_ballard
May 22, 2004
<http://www.gballard.net/psd/16bitworkflow.html>
See the Fraser links…
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Claude_Saccaro
May 22, 2004
more data meaning higher resolution or just bigger files with no particular advantage?
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Ram
May 22, 2004
More colors, more detail, more everything.
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Mike_Ornellas
May 22, 2004
more slower.
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Ram
May 22, 2004
That too. 🙂
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Claude_Saccaro
May 22, 2004
OK I see. Anyway though to tell when opening a new image whether it is an 8 or 16 bit image. Say an image from a digital still camera for instance.
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Mike_Ornellas
May 22, 2004
by reading the users manual PDF, that is on the install disk.
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g_ballard
May 22, 2004
Mofacto…
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Ed_Hannigan
May 22, 2004
Doesn’t it appear in the title bar? Alas, I am not able to get to my Mac right now.
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Ram
May 22, 2004
Claude,

Photoshop > Image menu > Mode > (8 bits/channel; 16 bits/channel).

Not all digital cameras can record 16 bit images.
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Ann_Shelbourne
May 22, 2004
…… by looking at the top of the image window……
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Ram
May 22, 2004

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Ram
May 22, 2004
Ooops!

Yes, it’s right there on the title bar. The window wasn’t’t open wide enough when I checked.
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Ann_Shelbourne
May 22, 2004
Yes it is: /16 or /8.
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Claude_Saccaro
May 22, 2004
Cool Thanks.

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