Re: 8 verses 16 bit

[rafeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 2 Mar 2002 at 20:38, David Chien wrote:

> Basically, the more bits you have, the more colors you can reproduce or
> use within your files.

<very big snip>


I'm not buying it, David.  I know that others believe 
you and will back you up, but I'm not among them.

Count me as being quite content with a piddling 24 
bits per pixel.  I see no need for more.  That's not 
just my opinion, but it's way too late to argue.

Here's a simple experiment that costs nothing to 
try.  Open a nice colorful image in Photoshop.  
Go to Image->Adust->Posterize and experiment 
with some really small numbers for the Number 
of Levels.  It's amazing to me how few levels you 
need to represent most photographic images.


rafe b.

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