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Subject: [OM] Re: 16 bit tiff
From: <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:30:49 +0000
It'll be a long wait as they're only capable of about 5-6 bits today.

Chuck Norcutt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: [OM] Re: 16 bit tiff
>  Sent: Oct 10 '08 12:22
>  
>  
>  Ken,
>  
>  That's true. I often convert my color images to black & white though, and I
>  am still using Photoshop CS2, which doesn't have BW conversion built into
>  Camera Raw, so I use Alienskin Exposure and that does give better results on
>  16 bit images. Color could be output as 8 bit with no problem once it's
>  gotten right in the RAW converter but I hope someday that printers capable
>  of 16bit output will be made, and I'll be ready.
>  
>  
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>  On 10/9/08 12:03 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>  >
>  > Chris Crawford wrote:
>  >> The advantage of 16 bit comes from when you do a lot of photoshop work on
>  >> it. Your screen can only show an 8 bit image, that's why you don't see a
>  >> difference on your freshly converted RAW files...
>  >
>  > Which brings up a point.  If, during the RAW conversion process, you are
>  > able to achieve the tonal and color rendition close to final output, then
>  > there is little reason to convert to 16bit. 16bit is helpful for heavy
>  > editing, but if there is no editing to be done, why bother?
>  >
>  > During the RAW conversion process, the RAW converter is working in higher
>  > bit-depth than 8-bit and the decision to save as 16-bit or 8-bit has no
>  > affect on how the RAW converter actually performs.
>  >
>  > AG
>  >
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